Kafka on the Shore Lesson Plan

Magical Realism in Practice

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students will attempt to craft their own story within the genre of magical realism.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.4

Structure:

Lead a discussion of the elements of magical realism present in the work. First, take a list of things like talking cats, ghosts, Johnnie Walker and Colonel Sanders, and the like. Then review the description of the magical realism and its conventions here. Using these ideas, analyze some of the elements of magical realism present in the work. Ask what ways these elements of magical realism meet the conventions and expectations of the genre. Then,...