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1、InternationalJournalofHumanitiesandSocialScienceVol.2No.5;March2012Magic(al)RealismasPostcolonialDeviceinToniMorrison’sBelovedMehriRazmi,M.A.DepartmentofEnglishTabrizBranch,IslamicAzadUniversityTabriz,Iran.LeyliJamali,Ph.D.DepartmentofEnglishTabrizBranch,Islam
2、icAzadUniversityTabriz,Iran.AbstractMagicalrealismasadominantliterarymodeinToniMorrison’sBelovedcanbeconsideredasadecolonizingagentinapostcolonialcontext.Morrison’snarrativeinBeloved,takestheadvantageofbothrealismandmagictochallengetheassumptionsofanauthoritat
3、ivecolonialistattitudeandsocanbeallegedasapowerfulandefficientmethodtoprojectthepostcolonialexperienceofAfrican-Americanex-slavesintheUnitesStates.ItcanalsoprovideanalternatepointofviewtoEurocentricaccountsofrealityandhistorytoattackthesolidityofEurocentricdef
4、initionsandasaconsequencetoportraythehiddenandsilencedvoicesofnumerousenslavedgenerationsofAfrican-AmericansinthehistoryofUnitedStates.Thepresentstudyattemptstoexploremagicalrealism’sdecolonizingroleinMorrison’sBeloved.Inpursuingthisgoalitwilltracethenarrative
5、andthematicstrategiesofmagicalrealismthathighlightthenovelasanessentialtextofpostcolonialliterature.Keywords:binarism,decolonization,defocalization,Euro-centrism,magicalrealism,marginality,TheMiddlePassage,Postcolonialtheory.1.Introduction1Throughouttherecenty
6、ears,magicalrealismhasbecomeapopulartermwhichreferstoaparticularnarrativemodethatprovides“awaytodiscussalternativeapproachestorealitytothatofWesternphilosophy,expressedinmanypostcolonialandnon-Westernworksofcontemporaryfiction”(Bowers1).Thepopularityofmagicalr
7、ealistfictioninEnglishinpostcolonialnationshaspromotedadebateonthesuitabilityofmagicalrealismasapostcolonialstrategyofwriting.StephenSlemoninhisinfluentialarticle“MagicRealismasPost-ColonialDiscourse”,callsonamixtureofpostmodernistassumptionstoclaimthatmagical
8、realismisabletoexpressanumberofpostcolonialelements.Hedrawsattentiontotheproductionofbinarismanddualitiesoperatinginsettlerculturesthatforegroundthe“gaps,absencesandsilencesproduce
