Magical Realism: Blurring Demarcation between Historical Reality and Fiction in Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Abstract

The research delves deep into the concept the mixing of reality and fiction. Jean Baurdillard’s concept of hyper reality is used to unveil the fact that the copy of reality is more real than reality.  The implication of hyper reality is best suited on the genre of magical realism, where reality is blended so well with the fiction that it seems more real than the actual reality. For this purpose Georges Saunder’s novel has been taken as key text. Baudrillard’s concept of hyper reality and magical realism provides ample space for the text to be scrutinized that there is amalgamation of historical reality and fiction in this novel. The world of magical realism is presented so naturally that it becomes difficult to differentiate between reality and fiction.