Editing Magical realism (section)

===Fantasy===
Fantasy and magic realism are commonly held to be unrelated apart from some shared inspirations in mythology and folklore. Amaryll Beatrice Chanady distinguishes magical realist literature from fantasy literature ("the fantastic") based on differences between three shared dimensions: the use of [[antinomy]] (the simultaneous presence of two conflicting codes), the inclusion of events that cannot be integrated into a logical framework, and the use of authorial reticence. In fantasy, the presence of the supernatural code is perceived as problematic, something that draws special attention&mdash;where in magical realism, the presence of the supernatural is accepted. In fantasy, while authorial reticence creates a disturbing effect on the reader, it works to ''integrate the supernatural'' into the natural framework in magical realism. This integration is made possible in magical realism as the author presents the supernatural as being equally valid to the natural. There is no hierarchy between the two codes.<ref>Chanady, Amaryll Beatrice (1985). ''Magical realism and the fantastic: Resolved versus unresolved antinomy.'' New York: Garland. pp. 30–31.</ref> The ghost of Melquíades in Márquez's ''[[One Hundred Years of Solitude]]'' or the baby ghost in [[Toni Morrison]]'s ''Beloved'' who visit or haunt the inhabitants of their previous residence are both presented by the narrator as ordinary occurrences; the reader, therefore, accepts the marvelous as normal and common.<ref name="Bowers, Maggie A. 2004" />{{Rp|25–27}}

To Clark Zlotchew, the differentiating factor between the fantastic and magical realism is that in fantastic literature, such as Kafka's ''[[The Metamorphosis]]'', there is a hesitation experienced by the protagonist, implied author or reader in deciding whether to attribute natural or supernatural causes to an unsettling event, or between rational or irrational explanations.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|14}} Fantastic literature has also been defined as a piece of narrative in which there is a constant faltering between belief and non-belief in the supernatural or extraordinary event.

In Leal's view, writers of fantasy literature, such as [[Jorge Luis Borges|Borges]], can create "new worlds, perhaps new planets. By contrast, writers like García Márquez, who use magical realism, don't create new worlds, but suggest the magical in our world."<ref name=Leal89 /> In magical realism, the supernatural realm blends with the natural, familiar world. This twofold world of magical realism differs from the onefold world that can be found in fairy-tale and fantasy literature.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|15}} By contrast, in the series "[[Sorcerous Stabber Orphen]]" the laws of natural world become a basis for a naturalistic concept of magic.<ref name="Mizuno2019">{{cite book|last=Mizuno|first=Ryou|title=Sorcerous Stabber Orphen Anthology. Commentary|year=2019| language=ja |publisher=TO Books|isbn= 9784864728799|pages=235}}</ref>

Prominent English-language fantasy writers have rejected definitions of "magic realism" as something other than a synonym for [[fantasy fiction]]. [[Gene Wolfe]] said, "magic realism is fantasy written by people who speak Spanish",<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Wolfe | first1 = Gene | author-link = Gene Wolfe |last2=Baber |first2=Brendan | chapter = Gene Wolfe Interview | editor-last = Wright |editor-first=Peter | title = Shadows of the New Sun: Wolfe on Writing/Writers on Wolfe | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=MkPfjCVo3g4C&pg=PA132 | access-date = 2009-01-20| isbn = 9781846310577 | year = 2007 | publisher = Liverpool University Press }}</ref> and [[Terry Pratchett]] said magic realism "is like a polite way of saying you write fantasy".<ref>{{cite magazine
 |magazine   = January Magazine
 |url         = http://januarymagazine.com/profiles/tpratchett2002.html
 |title       = Terry Pratchett by Linda Richards
 |year        = 2002
 |access-date  = February 17, 2008
 |url-status     = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20071217212623/http://januarymagazine.com/profiles/tpratchett2002.html
 |archive-date = December 17, 2007
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