Sing, Unburied, Sing
by Jesmyn Ward

Sing, Unburied, Sing: Genre 1 key example

Key Examples in Sing, Unburied, Sing

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Sing, Unburied, Sing combines elements of the Southern Gothic and Magical Realism genres as it stirs Mississippi’s many unsettled ghosts. Magical Realism is a literary genre where supernatural or fantastical story elements appear in an otherwise realistic setting. No matter how surreal they are, these occurrences are treated as broadly ordinary and believable by the characters. This genre blends the everyday and the extraordinary without explanation, which allows them to exist side by side.