While the most interesting achievement of American fiction lie not in realism but in abstract forms of romance' American literature is rich in symbols and codes, whether or not the artist fully realizes what is being attempted. ...
The honest truth is that Salman Rushdie's novel Haroun and the Sea of Stories falls under the form of fiction writing that is often referred to as 'magic-realism.' The literary term started out in the art world in the early 1920's to help define a new post-expressionist form of painting that was emerging, but it has since been adapted to include works of literature which expertly meld fantasy with realism, in such a way as to treat the fantastic as normal. ...
The Rainbow is clearly an attempt to take the novel into new territory, breaking with the conventions of nineteenth-century realism and furthering the exploration of human desire which had already caused some controversy after the publication of Sons and Lovers. ...
Morrison was not an ex-slave nor did she grow up in a family of ex-slaves, giving her no credibility in the factual information; she wrote this novel as a ghost story, which further withdrew from the sense of realism in the story. ...
