par Luffin, Xavier
Référence Magical Realism in Contemporary Arabic Literature
Publication Publié, 2024
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Résumé : Magical realism is widespread in contemporary Sudanese fiction, with authors like Ahmad al-Malik, Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin, al-Hasan Bakri, Salah Hasan Ahmad, and Arthur Gabriel Yak. Their works share many common features with magical realism worldwide, as it has been theorized by many scholars: the encounter of Reality and Magic, the cultural and religious hybridization, the appropriation of language, the resistance to the center, and the role of humor. However, magical realism also shows some interesting specificities that tie it with a cultural landscape deeply rooted in both Arab Islamic and African heritages. First, due to the modern history of the country and the state policy of Islamization and Arabicization that lasted for decades, the “center” in Sudanese magical realism must be understood as Arab and Islamic culture rather than Western culture. Secondly, though Sudanese authors are aware of authors like Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Toni Morrison, Sudanese magical realism is inspired first by indigenous sources: Islamic texts, Arabic popular literature, as well as African folklore. This last point is fundamental to understand the universal nature of magical realism since other authors like Henri Lopes or Salman Rushdie have also insisted on the importance of indigenous cultures in the building of their own works.

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