History and theory of magical realism The world is full of magical realism. Magical Realism might just become a word people thought about in the 1930s; however, magical realism has been around as long as people have been able to tell and write stories. Whether the stories are true or invented, they are all magical realism. The first author who began to associate the words magical realism with out was a German art critic, named Franz Roh. Roh considered magical realism an artistic category. It represented and responded to reality and depicted the enigmas of reality. In 1940s Latin America, magical realism was a way to express the American realist mentality and create an autonomous literary style. A feature of magical realism is that ironic distance from the magical worldview should not compromise reality. The writer should strongly respect magic, otherwise magic would enter popular beliefs or complete fantasy and separate from the term magic that connects it to Angel Flores (111). Authorial reticence, another characteristic of magical realism, refers to the lack of clear opinions about the accuracy of events and worldviews expressed by characters in stories. This technique promotes acceptance into magical realism. Simply explaining the supernatural worldview can be part of reality (Wendy Faris, 165). Magical Realism can be art, poetry and literature. Gabriel Garcia Márquez was associated with the literary style known as magical realism. Literature is just a kind of magical realism that expresses itself wildly. Books by many different authors who wrote literature can make a person's mind go far beyond his imagination. Scott Simpkins stated that there are no limitations to the words of magical realism. He states that the truth is that the magical realist always falls short of his goal of explaining reality. Many authors say that in the material state some are fooled by the strategies and failure in the way the authors describe the words of magical realism. Wendy B. Faris wrote in her essay about children and their imagination. Children act according to their imagination. The books he talks about are meant to entertain readers. The fiction that Wendy B. Faris was talking about is modern and contemporary and it's all basically magical realism. Irene Guenther is an author who talked about expressionism when describing magical realism. Irene talked about Roger Fry and post-impressionism. He believed that children had their own expression. The essay she wrote indicates the date of 1920 as the era of magical realism. Basically, the word magical realism has been with us for a long time. Each author has a different date when the words magical realism came into focus. Amaryll Chanady talks about control in her essay. Imagination and fiction are aspects of everyday life. It's about imagination and what people lack in the world today. Amaryll Chanady talked about the items that artists and writers put in their books and says that they wouldn't be able to do their things without the imagination of magical realism. Franz Roh spoke of magical realism compared to painting and music as well as literature. Most people can or do understand magical realism by reading a book; however, when art and music are involved, some people have difficulty comparing it to magical realism. Magical realism is provided by music and art, and some enjoy the sounds and look of it. They don't even realize that they are actually enjoying magical realism. Angel Flores evaluates magical realism as "romantic" and "poetic". Affirm the.