González Echevarría claims it has much in common with Greek tragedy, bewailing the idea that it is "the peculiar feature of all Latin American literature.
Instances of it include Shahrnush Parsipur's "Tea Ceremony in the Presence of the Wolf" and Natsuki Ikezawa's "The Downfall of Macias Giri." The term was probably coined by Franz Roh to describe a genre of painting, though it is often attributed to the prologue of The Kingdom of the World, a novel by Alejo Carpentier. González Echevarría claims it has much in common with Greek tragedy, bewailing the idea that it is "the peculiar feature of all Latin American literature." For 10 points, name the genre that emphasizes the mythical in everyday life by interspersing fantastical and lifelike scenes.
Instances of it include Shahrnush Parsipur's "Tea Ceremony in the Presence of the Wolf" and Natsuki Ikezawa's "The Downfall of Macias Giri.
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