![]() ![]() While Tokarczuk herself rejects the label “magical realism,” her novels exhibit such key magical realist characteristics as disruption of rationally ordered time and space, the rejection of dominant historical and cultural narratives, an exploration of alternate epistemological forms of inquiry, and literalization of language, metaphor, and imagination. Summary/Abstract: This article analyzes the magical realist mode of writing in two novels by Polish author Olga Tokarczuk: Primeval and Other Times (1996) and House of Day, House of Night (1998). Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd Keywords: Olga Tokarczuk magical realism Primeval and Other Times House of Day, House of Night contemporary Polish literature Subject(s): Cultural history, Novel, Polish Literature, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010) ![]() Magical Realism in Olga Tokarczuk’s Primeval and Other Times and House of Day, House of Night Author(s): Ewa V. ![]() Magical Realism in Olga Tokarczuk’s Primeval and Other Times and House of Day, House of Night ![]()
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