2 Vol. 8 (25) 2016
Magic Realism in Central European Literatures
JUDIT GÖRÖZDI – RADOSLAV PASSIA

This issue maps possible filiations between magical realism and central European literatures. The authors of the issue focus predominantly on Slovak but also Hungarian, Czech, and Romanian literature. They try to encompass several sources of “magic realism” in the central European cultural milieu. Individual articles show that in addition to the influence of significant works of world literature classified within magic realism, local inspirations and own narrative traditions play an important role in the domestication of magic-realism strategies. It can thus be claimed that several original authorial, national or “areal” models of magic-realistic narratives have emerged in central Europe.