Abstract
This paper discusses the occurrence of magic realism in children's literature. It argues that the structure of such texts is a major factor in both determining the presence of magic realism and in allowing the merging of realism and fantasy found in such texts. Drawing on the theories of narratology and reader response, this paper examines the nature of the implied reader for such texts and demonstrates how existing criticism of magic realism can be employed when analysing children's literature texts. This paper concludes that magic realism in children's literature has its own discrete codes, which distinguish it from both existing magic realist texts and fantasy texts.
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