magical realism
noun [ U ] uk/ˌmædʒ.ɪ.kəl ˈrɪə.lɪ.zəm/ us/ˌmædʒ.ɪ.kəl ˈriː.ə.lɪ.zəm/ (also magic realism, /ˌmædʒ.ɪk ˈrɪə.lɪ.zəm/ /ˌmædʒ.ɪk ˈriː.ə.lɪ.zəm/)
魔幻现实主义，魔幻写实主义
a style of writing, films, art, etc. that mostly represents life as it really is but with some events or features that are magical or supernatural
The movie has a light-hearted magical realism (a subway announcement winds up scolding the main character). 这部电影采用了轻松的魔幻现实主义风格（比如地铁公告最终大骂主角那一段)。
"Love in the Time of Cholera" is Gabriel Garcia Marquez's masterpiece of magic realism. 《霍乱时期的爱情》是加夫列尔・加西亚・马尔克斯的魔幻现实主义代表作。
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- There is magical realism here: an antique coin emerging from the stomach of a fish, premonitory visions, conversations with long-dead relatives.
- At times, his imagery goes so far as to push into magic realism; drowned bodies are seen as lights under the water.
- This book pairs traditional magical realism with a scathing political history of the bloody regime.
- The term "magic realism" is often used in reference to the literary style of such leading South American scribes as Gabriel Garcia Márquez and Isabel Allende.