Magical Realism in Mitch Albom’s Novel “The First Phone Call from Heaven"

Main Author: Utari, Putri
Format: Report NonPeerReviewed Book
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: , 2016
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Online Access: http://repositori.uin-alauddin.ac.id/6357/1/PUTRI%20UTARI_opt.pdf
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  • The writer found that there are five elements of magical realism that contain in the novel such as the irreducible element, the phenomenal world, the unsettling doubt, merging realms and the disruption of time, space and identity. Besides, the writer also analyzed about what happen to the characters of the novel and their perception on the phone call from heaven. Therefore, the writer concluded that this novel is magical realism because the characters of the novel experienced hiperreality where they cannot distinguish between magic and reality.