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=== Magical realism === |
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Magical realism is defined as a fusion between two worlds: the magical and real world. <ref name=”:0″>{{Cite journal |last=Hart |first=Stephen |title=El Norte (The North, 1983), Directed by Gregory Nava |journal=A Companion to Latin American Film |pages=103 |via=JSTOR}}</ref> Director Gregory Nava uses magical realism through the ideas and representation to create a pre-Columbian mythic structure.<ref name=”:0″ /> These mythic depictions are represented as scared animals, flowers, and insects such as butterflies.<ref name=”:0″ /> The film |
Magical realism is defined as a fusion between two worlds: the magical and real world. <ref name=”:0″>{{Cite journal |last=Hart |first=Stephen |title=El Norte (The North, 1983), Directed by Gregory Nava |journal=A Companion to Latin American Film |pages=103 |via=JSTOR}}</ref> Director Gregory Nava uses magical realism through the ideas and representation to create a pre-Columbian mythic structure.<ref name=”:0″ /> These mythic depictions are represented as scared animals, flowers, and insects such as butterflies.<ref name=”:0″ /> The film association flowers connects to those who departed from the real world, is known in Aztec and Mayan cosmology.<ref name=”:0″ /> Another representation, shown through Enrique and Rosa, is the pre-Columbian structure found in Mayan folklore known as ”Popul Vuh”.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Williams |first=Bruce |title=The Bridges of Los Angeles County: Marketing Language in the Chicano Cinema of Gregory Nava |journal=Canadian Journal of Film Studies |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=57-58 |via=JSTOR}}</ref> |
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Parts of ”El Norte” provide an example of how Latin American [[magical realism]], primarily found in novels, has been depicted in a theatrical film. Ann Hornaday of ”The Washington Post” wrote: “”El Norte” was seminal, both for its graceful blend of classical narrative and magic realism, and the power with which it brought an otherwise invisible world to life.” |
Parts of ”El Norte” provide an example of how Latin American [[magical realism]], primarily found in novels, has been depicted in a theatrical film. Ann Hornaday of ”The Washington Post” wrote: “”El Norte” was seminal, both for its graceful blend of classical narrative and magic realism, and the power with which it brought an otherwise invisible world to life.” |
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=== Hero’s Journey === |
=== Hero’s Journey === |
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Hero’s journey is a journey that begins with a difficult and dangerous trail towards the border to escape a reality, as the characters Enrique and Rosa do.<ref name=”:1″>{{Cite journal |last=Drake |first=Susan |title=Heroic Journeys: The Immigrant Experience as the Hero’s Journey in El Norte and La misma luna |journal=Studies in Latin American Popular Culture |volume=31 |pages=85-98 |via=Project MUSE}}</ref> This journey goes through three phases: departure, initiation, and return. The most prominent phase of Enrique and Rosa’s journey is the departure, as they begin their journey across the border to a |
Hero’s journey is a journey that begins with a difficult and dangerous trail towards the border to escape a reality, as the characters Enrique and Rosa do.<ref name=”:1″>{{Cite journal |last=Drake |first=Susan |title=Heroic Journeys: The Immigrant Experience as the Hero’s Journey in El Norte and La misma luna |journal=Studies in Latin American Popular Culture |volume=31 |pages=85-98 |via=Project MUSE}}</ref> This journey goes through three phases: departure, initiation, and return. The most prominent phase of Enrique and Rosa’s journey is the departure, as they begin their journey across the border to a better world.<ref name=”:1″ /> The narrative within this film speaks on the trials and errors of the immigration experience through the crossing of borders and working as a Spanish-speaking individual.<ref name=”:1″ /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bandy |first=John |title=Teaching Sociology |journal=Teaching Sociology |volume=23 |issue=2 |pages=195 |via=JSTOR}}</ref> |
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=== References === |
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Magical realism is defined as a fusion between two worlds: the magical and real world. [1] Director Gregory Nava uses magical realism through the ideas and representation to create a pre-Columbian mythic structure.[1] These mythic depictions are represented as scared animals, flowers, and insects such as butterflies.[1] The film’s association with flowers connects to those who departed from the real world, which is known in Aztec and Mayan cosmology.[1] Another representation, shown through Enrique and Rosa, is the pre-Columbian structure found in Mayan folklore known as Popul Vuh.[2]
Parts of El Norte provide an example of how Latin American magical realism, primarily found in novels, has been depicted in a theatrical film. Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post wrote: “El Norte was seminal, both for its graceful blend of classical narrative and magic realism, and the power with which it brought an otherwise invisible world to life.”
Hero’s journey is a journey that begins with a difficult and dangerous trail towards the border to escape a reality, as the characters Enrique and Rosa do.[3] This journey goes through three phases: departure, initiation, and return. The most prominent phase of Enrique and Rosa’s journey is the departure, as they begin their journey across the border to a better world.[3] The narrative within this film speaks on the trials and errors of the immigration experience through the crossing of borders and working as a Spanish-speaking individual.[3][4]
- ^ a b c d Hart, Stephen. “El Norte (The North, 1983), Directed by Gregory Nava”. A Companion to Latin American Film: 103 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Williams, Bruce. “The Bridges of Los Angeles County: Marketing Language in the Chicano Cinema of Gregory Nava”. Canadian Journal of Film Studies. 14 (2): 57–58 – via JSTOR.
- ^ a b c Drake, Susan. “Heroic Journeys: The Immigrant Experience as the Hero’s Journey in El Norte and La misma luna”. Studies in Latin American Popular Culture. 31: 85–98 – via Project MUSE.
- ^ Bandy, John. “Teaching Sociology”. Teaching Sociology. 23 (2): 195 – via JSTOR.
