Magical Realism

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Across
  1. 3. Magical realism is a work of fiction in which _____ slips into every day life
  2. 4. A _____ quandary is externalized in the protagonist's life
  3. 8. The storytelling focuses on these types of conflicts
  4. 9. The focus is on what those ______ mean for the characters
  5. 11. One of the first magical realism novels
  6. 12. A theme that Marquez's stories dwell on
Down
  1. 1. A characteristic of the genre in which real world _______ of the brief magical phenomenon are explored
  2. 2. Harry Potter is considered fantasy, not magical realism, because the story requires too much ________.
  3. 3. Many stories today rely on ______ from South and Central America
  4. 5. In this story, magical wings are metaphors for hubris (a character's downfall)
  5. 6. The part of the Americas in which magical realism started
  6. 7. The Night Circus, American Gods, and Percy Jackson are NOT magical realism because these stories require fantastical ______ to keep going
  7. 9. A characteristic of plot line that makes the story unique; must set up two plots to interweave
  8. 10. Acts as an ______ metaphor