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Abstract: Magical realism enjoys an important position in contemporary world literature. Its unique characteristics, such as amalgamation of the fantastic and the mundane, coexistence of diverse perspectives, and inclusion of the dichotomous aspects of everyday human experience, offer strategies by which conventional assumptions about |reality,| and |history| can be questioned and reexamined, and alternative viewpoints can be presented. Gunter Grass in Die Blechtrommel and Salman Rushdie in Midnight's Children employ magical realism to redescribe historically specifiable events and offer fresh and alternative perspectives to dominant narratives of history. Grass's Die Blechtrommel explores that part of German history which includes World War I, the rise and fall of Nazism, and World War II. Rushdie's Midnight's Children covers the part of Indian history from the struggle to free India from the imperial British rule, up until the time when democracy was suspended under Indira Gandhi. In their novels, Grass and Rushdie question the veracity and objectivity of historical writing. Both writers aim at educating their readers in hopes of preventing the repetition of tragic events. In this thesis, I explore the various magical realist techniques used by Grass and Rushdie in their respective novels. I discuss the historical development of magical realism, the importance of retelling history in literature, and the commonalities shared by Grass and Rushdie. I further elaborate how these writers use magical realist techniques to redescribe past events, to question the conventional views of history, and to challenge the authority of dominant structures and ideologies. In doing so, Grass and Rushdie foster a critical reserve and a reasonable approach in their readers as well as keep the past alive in the consciousness of the people.
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