Interpreting the Interpretations of Magical Realism: Redefining Its Representation in Vijaydan Detha’s Selected Narrative.

The objective of the paper is to provide an insight into the possible definitions of magical realism from various critics around the globe. These interpretations appear as evidence in substantiating its notion of plurality. The borrowed concept has been received, expressing various possible ways in terms of understanding the very idea of this oxymoronic combination. While looking into different definitions, it was realized that the term, as associated with international acclaim, is no less in establishing its identity with (the so-labeled and inferior) marginalized literature. The study takes up Vijaydan Detha’s translated work, from Chouboli and Short Stories, “The Dilemma” for the purpose. Further to this, the analysis raises a serious question regarding the translation works with a realization that magical realism might have been coined during the 1920s first by German art critic Franz Roh and later redefined by Latin American critic Alejo Carpentier, but it is identified that the term had its orientation, before it got theorized, in the Rajasthani oral literature. This hypothesis registers its claim as a realization and contribution to World Literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]