literature medium True/False

The 'Magical Realism' movement in literature is exclusively a European phenomenon that originated in 19th-century France.

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: False

While the term was coined by German art critic Franz Roh, Magical Realism as a literary movement is most famously associated with the Latin American Boom (e.g., Gabriel García Márquez, Alejo Carpentier) in the mid-20th century.

Topic Literary Movements
Exam Relevance UPSC Prelims, SSC CGL
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