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A Spell of Her Own: Magical Realism in Diana Evans’ 26a

Kendine Ait Bir Sihir: Diana Evans’ın 26a Romanında Büyülü Gerçekçilik

Ahmet Uruk(GÜMÜŞHANE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, EDEBİYAT FAKÜLTESİ, İNGİLİZ DİLİ VE EDEBİYATI BÖLÜMÜ)0000-0002-8545-8920
Mukadder Erkan(ATATÜRK ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0002-9110-4272
Journal
Mavi Atlas
Pages
427–438
Publication Date
2026-04-30
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Likewise, this paper purports to stress female agency, empowerment, and emancipation magical realism ensures by examining Diana Evans’ 26a as a magical feminist text.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Blending organically the ordinary with the otherworldly, magical realism is a narrative mode, which seemingly appeared in the literary hemisphere within the second half of the twentieth century.
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Key Findings & Data:Coming primarily into existence with the ‘Boom’ of Latin American literature in the 1960s, magical realism subverts considerably the monolithic dominance of European realism by the inclusion of the fantastic and mythic in a matter-of-fact world.
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Conclusion & Impact:Likewise, this paper purports to stress female agency, empowerment, and emancipation magical realism ensures by examining Diana Evans’ 26a as a magical feminist text.
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⚙️Variables:Büyülü Gerçekçilik · Feminizm · Diana Evans

Abstract

Blending organically the ordinary with the otherworldly, magical realism is a narrative mode, which seemingly appeared in the literary hemisphere within the second half of the twentieth century. Coming primarily into existence with the ‘Boom’ of Latin American literature in the 1960s, magical realism subverts considerably the monolithic dominance of European realism by the inclusion of the fantastic and mythic in a matter-of-fact world. In accordance with its hybrid mode mingling the physical reality with the supernatural, this mode of fiction highly becomes an eligible mechanism to deconstruct binary oppositions in terms of gender, race, and class, reinforced by the philosophy of the Enlightenment. Magical realism, blurring the boundaries between hierarchical structures based on the Western thinking prioritizing the values and doctrines of the white European male, establishes a multivocal space where ‘other voices’ are also heard. In this manner, it provides an alternative realm, in which male/female, rational/irrational, and truth/fiction entangle with one another, exceeding the established and misogynist norms of the patriarchal society scythed for women. Magical realism, therefore, proves significantly to be a fictional mode appropriate for women writers to scrutinize and overturn the marginalization and silencing of women within the social, economic, cultural and historical sphere. By incorporating the so-called irrationality, superstition, and occultism of womanhood into the ‘rational’ and ‘real’ world of men, magical realism, provides female characters with a voice and agency by virtue of supernatural and otherworldly powers. Likewise, this paper purports to stress female agency, empowerment, and emancipation magical realism ensures by examining Diana Evans’ 26a as a magical feminist text.

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Sıradan olanı öteki dünyayla organik bir şekilde harmanlayan büyülü gerçekçilik, yirminci yüzyılın ikinci yarısında ortaya çıkan edebî bir anlatım biçimidir. 1960'larda Latin Amerika edebiyatındaki “patlama” ile yükselişe geçen büyülü gerçekçilik, fantastik ve mitik unsurları gerçekçi bir dünyaya dâhil ederek Avrupa gerçekçiliğinin tekelci hakimiyetini önemli ölçüde altüst eder. Fiziksel gerçekliği doğaüstü olanla harmanlayan melez yapısına uygun bir şekilde bu kurgu tarzı, Aydınlanma felsefesi tarafından pekiştirilen cinsiyet, ırk ve sınıf bağlamındaki ikili karşıtlıkları yapısöküme uğratan son derece uygun bir mekanizma haline gelmektedir. Beyaz Avrupalı erkeğin değerlerini ve doktrinlerini önceliklendiren Batı düşüncesinin hiyerarşik yapıları arasındaki sınırları bulanıklaştıran büyülü gerçekçilik, “diğer seslerin” de duyulabildiği çok sesli bir alan oluşturur. Bu şekilde erkek/kadın, rasyonel/irrasyonel ve gerçek/kurgu kavramlarının birbirine karıştığı bir metinsellik oluşturarak ataerkil toplumun yerleşik ve kadın düşmanı normlarını aşan alternatif bir alan sunar. Bu nedenle büyülü gerçekçilik, kadın yazarların sosyal, ekonomik, kültürel ve tarihsel boyutta kadınların ötekileştirilmesini ve susturulmasını sorgulamak ve çözümlemek için uygun bir kurgusal tarz olduğu önemli ölçüde ortaya çıkmaktadır. Kadınlığın sözde irrasyonelliğini, batıl inancını ve okültizmini erkeklerin ‘rasyonel’ ve ‘gerçek’ dünyasına dâhil ederek büyülü gerçekçilik, doğaüstü ve öteki dünyaya ait güçler sayesinde kadın karakterlere bağımsız bir ses ve etkenlik sağlamaktadır. Benzer bir şekilde bu makale, Diana Evans'ın 26a adlı eserini büyülü feminist bir metin olarak inceleyerek büyülü gerçekçiliğin sağladığı kadın öznelliğini, güçlendirilmesini ve özgürleştirilmesini vurgulamayı amaçlamaktadır.

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Uruk, A., Erkan, M., *, A. U. (2026). A Spell of Her Own: Magical Realism in Diana Evans’ 26a. Mavi Atlas, Cilt: 14 Sayı: 1, 427–438. https://doi.org/10.18795/gumusmaviatlas.1815290

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