Testing The Limits of Fiction

In each society, there are traditional boundaries for creating fiction. Most boundaries for fiction exist beyond society within the limits of the writer's imagination. Two very insightful writers have no limits to fiction in mind when creating their work. These two writers are Jorge Luis Borges and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Borges and Marquez are South American authors that concentrate their writing in a meticulously realistic style of imaginary and fantastic scenes also known as magical …

…like Borges and Marquez demonstrate that the traditional limits of fiction can be extended. Forms of fiction such as magical realism allow readers to experience events outside the boundaries of everyday life and everyday ideas. Borges and Marquez use their imaginations without restrictions to give the readers an unusual way of thinking about life. Most magical realistic fiction seems like a strange dream, but the fiction serves its purpose by entertaining the imaginations of readers.