Marquez's Alchemical Approach to Magic Realism: Insinuating Universal Societal Realities

Abstract

The paper strived to understand the use of magical realism in "One Hundred Years of Solitude and The Autumn of the Patriarch" by Gabriel Garca Marquez. It sheds light on the narrative style of magical realism as intricate and captivating, effortlessly blending reality and fantasy. It aimed to investigate how magical realism has given voice to the voiceless and how it challenges societal hierarchies. It has been deduced that Garcia Marquez's magical realism is a powerful tool for decoding the enchantment of a world full of undermining societal institutions and voices of the minority.