Volume-XII, Issue-II, March 2026 |
জাদুবাস্তবতার আলোকে ‘নদী তরঙ্গের আয়না’ সুধাময় মণ্ডল, গবেষক, বাংলা বিভাগ, বর্ধমান বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, ভারত |
Received: 25.03.2026 | Accepted: 27.03.2026 | Published Online: 31.03.2026 | Page No: | ||||
DOI: 10.29032/ijhsss.vol.12.issue.02W. | |||||||
“The Mirror of River Waves” in the Light of Magical Realism Sudhamoy Mandal, Research Scholar, Bengali Department, Burdwan University, West Bengal, India | ||
ABSTRACT | ||
‘Magic Realism’ or ‘Magical Realism’ is a combined phrase, created by fusing reality with the magical. Within Western philosophy, various theories and movements in art, literature and painting have arisen over different periods. However Magic Realism dose not come from a specific artistic or literary movement; it is a hybrid style that intertwines realistic and magical components. When fantasy, ancient legends, supernatural dream worlds, improbable happenings, unexpected events, and changes in time, space, and character intertwine with reality to highlight it in a distinctive manner, the outcome can be termed Magic Realism. In simpler terms, it involves chasing the unattainable within the attainable and their combined integration. The term was first introduced by the German art critic Franz Roh in his 1925 book ‘Nach Expressionismus: Magischer Realismus’, where he described post-expressionist painting and highlighted the marvel concealed within ordinary reality. Latin American literature helped popularise the idea in the 1940s. It was used in works such as ‘Las Lanzas Coloradas’ by Venezuelan author Arturo Uslar Pietri, who later addressed it directly in 1948. The most well-known representative of this genre is Gabriel García Márquez, a Colombian writer whose book ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ is regarded as the height of Magic Realism. Later, this literary style extended around the world, including Indian and Bengali literature. It was utilised by Bengali author Sachin Das to illustrate topics such as displacement, riverine life, and division. His book ‘Nadi Taranger Ayna’ (2009) combines daily fact with myth, superstition, and the paranormal to depict the culture of riverbank settlements. | ||
Keywords: Magic Realism, Franz Roh, Gabriel García Márquez, Bengali Literature, Nadi Taranger Ayna |