Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, University of Hannover (Philosophische Fakultät), course: Canadian Women Writers, language: English, abstract: Magic Realism is a literary genre that is not commonly known by everybody. When asked, many people relate it to fantasy or wonder how magic can be realistic. But Magic Realism is something totally different than fantasy. The setting is always realistic and only few magic ele...