Uwasilishaji wa wahusika na uhusika wa kimazingaombwe katika riwaya za Watu wa Gehenna (Tom Olali) na Babu alipofufuka (Said Ahmed Mohamed)

Abstract

This study focuses on investigating the presentation of ghost like characters in Watu wa Gehenna (Tom Olali) and Babu Alipofufuka (Said Ahamed Mohammed). The presentation in this study has been prompted by the interactive nature of the characters which creates a complexity for the readers in capturing the messages conveyed by the characters in these selected experimental novels. The term 'magical realism', originally used by painters in the 1920s, used to describe the literary works of Argentina's Jorge Luis Borges, as well as the works of writers such as Gabriel García Marquez of Colombia, Isabel Allende of Chile, Günter Grass of Germany, Italo Calvino of Italy, and John Fowles of England. These authors combine a specially formulated reality in an ever changing pattern, representing a series of detailed descriptions of fantasy and using fantasy elements such as myths and legends in their works. Their works presuppose that through magical transformations, the co-relation between magic and artistic expression is evident. When magical transformations are utilized in literary works, they foreground meaning. In essence, this is a form of defamiliarization or deviation from the usual mode, aimed at making society to examine itself more critically. The authors of these works use a variety of writing techniques to the point of making these novels challenging to read. Magical realism leaves a lot of readers in confusion. A mode that exists somewhere between fantasy and reality, many readers get mixed up with speculative fiction, urban fantasy, and much more. It can be unsettling, and some readers find it absolutely infuriating. It is in this context that the research seeks to analyze magical transformations in the above mentioned novels. The research will be mainly library based. The data will be analyzed and presented in the form of explanation. The findings of this study aim to promote and expand the understanding of novel and multimodal approaches. This research will inspire other researchers to study more effectively the diversities of characters and magical presentations on the basis of Magical Realism in literature.