Magic realism as postcolonial discourse in Robin Limas Butterfly People

• Main Author: Santos, Carlota Mae Y.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2013
• Subjects: Comparative Literature
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/2614
• Institution: De La Salle University

This thesis aims to critically analyze how Robin Lim uses the style of magic realism in her novel Butterfly People to convey her postcolonial concerns. This is in order to show how her novel, aside from being magic realist, could also be considered as a postcolonial text. The theoretical framework to be used is Albert Memmi Racism and Oppression from his book Dominated Man. The method to be used in examining the style of magic realism is Kumkum Sangari.The Polit ics of the Possible. This study will be done by first looking at the magic realist present in the novel and from there, determine those scenes which show the relationship between characters from different races. After which, the magic realist elements present in those scenes will be analyzed as to how they are used as modes of access for Limâs postcolonial intentions (as discussed by Sangari).