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“My Life With My Cell Phone”: Creating A Magical Realist Story, Dan Gleason
“My Life With My Cell Phone”: Creating A Magical Realist Story, Dan Gleason
Dan Gleason
In this lesson students are introduced to the basic elements of magical realism, a genre that combines fantastical events with the mundane normalcy of life. Students examine Octavio Paz’s short story “My Life with the Wave” as an example of the genre. In the story, the narrator travels to the ocean and falls in love with a wave, whom he bottles and takes home with him; the two go on to both cherish each other and fight terribly. After discussing the story, students create, in groups, plot sketches for their own adaptations. Students might imagine relationships with cell phones, the …
Six Crosses, Michael C. Vocino
Six Crosses, Michael C. Vocino
michael c vocino
Brief short story or observation about life in a small southern Italian town.
Toward Recovery (Short Story), Kathryn Waggoner
Toward Recovery (Short Story), Kathryn Waggoner
Kathryn L Waggoner
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