A Magical Realism Study Of The Slynx

Slynx is a novel published in2000by Tatyana Tolstaya who is a well-known authoress in Russian literary world. The novel which once won Russia’s triumph Award and The Oscar Book Prize is one of the most popular and controversial works.Slynx is a typical Magic Realism novel.In this novel, Tatyana Tolstaya used the technique of Magical Realism boldly, and combined reality and exaggeration, magical realism and imagination, truth and the absurd organically.In terms of the content, the writer integrated myth with his novel, which settles the magical realism tone.In terms of the structure, the author strengthens the magic artistic conception by breaking the time and space boundary.In terms of the creation, the writer created many figures such as Benedick, Nikita Ivanovich, Olenka and Fyodor Kuzmich by using the technique of symbolism, metaphor, the absurd and exaggeration. The alien characters and personalities the writer created in his novel and the exaggerated transformation highlighted the character’s features and social problems, expressed the alien reality intensely, and depict the social picture of the Russia’s last phase.The works of Magic Realism employs a variety of techniques such as exaggeration, fanaticism, metaphor, symbolism and time and space crisscross, which perfectly incorporate ghosts, mystery, superstition, Extra-sensory perception and reality together to convey the reality vividly and expose the reality. The magic realism in Slynx utilizes magical creative writing skills to foil the reality and reveals the significance of reality. In this way, it appeals to the people to oppose absolutism and preach the significance of preservation and inheritance of Russian culture during the social transformation period. It also enlightens intellectuals to overcome their weakness and the limitations caused by alienating from the people, which makes them to realize that the foundation of revitalize the nation is to protect traditional Russian culture.In Slynx, Tatyana Samojlova smartly employs various techniques of expression and embodies the characteristics of Magic Realism to the best, which makes the fiction more fascinating.We begin with from Magic Realism’s definition and artistic feature of literary works. Slynx is interpreted under the dimension of magic realism and is analyzed its color of magic realism from the space-time structure, mythological content, metaphor, absurd performance practices and the shape of the magic character. It reveals the writer’s creative ideas and intentions, namely showing of the greatest changes of Russian social life and moral values in the period of transformation and also the spiritual crisis produced on the impact of such changes. By analyzing the fiction from the perspective of Magic Realism, it makes us deeply realize social phenomenon:the press censorship, the choice of the Slavic and Western Road as well as excessive personality cult; it also makes us familiar with literary characteristics of contemporary Russian Magic Realism and grasps the profound connotation of the fiction. Its distinctiveness is exposed to the readers and deserves our chewing.