AMALGAMATION OF FANTASY AND REALITY IN LAURA RESTREPO’S THE DARK BRIDE(READING FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF MAGIC REALISM)

Author Name: DR. RAMESH PRASAD ADHIKARY

Volume: 01 June 2020 &  Issue: 01

Country: NEPAL

DOI NO.: NA, DOI Link: http://doi-ds.org/doilink/08.2020-25662434/

Affiliation:

1. Assistant Professor, Tribhuwan University M.M. Campus, nepalgunj (Nepal) E-Mail: rameshadhikary29@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

This research paper is the extensive analysis of Laura Restrepo’s fiction The Dark Bride from the perspective of Magic realism. In the novel the writer amalgamates the real and fantasies in such a way that it blurs the border between history and fiction. There is no demarcation between the past and present in it. This amalgamation of real and fantasy is reflected in the portrayal of characters, settings and the incidents of the novel. By using the technique of magic realism, Restrepo has re-narrated the Columbian history in a fictionalized form. In the novel, the main character Amanda is presented as a traumatized character who hides her real identity at first and pretends as a girl. She arrives at La-Catunga to make her new identity by engaging in prostitution. She renames herself “Sayonara”, which in Japanese means “good-bye”. So symbolically it is a farewell to her traumatic past. The personal story of Sayonara in the novel is embedded with the history of 1940s of the Columbia. By using the technique of re-narrating, the writer presents the voice of marginalized and colonized ones. As a qualitative research, the researcher has used the text as a source of primary data and analyzed it with the theoretical tool of magic realism.

Key words: Magic realism, history, fantasy, past trauma,