Question

How is the passage the nose typical of the genre of magical realism

Answer 1

Answer:

Kovaloff doesn't question why his nose is walking and talking.

Explanation:

Magical realism is a literary chain that aims to merge the magical universe with reality, showing unreal or strange elements as something habitual and commonplace.

In the short story "The Nose" of Nicolai Gogól, Major Kovalióv wakes up and realizes that instead of his nose there is a "perfectly perfect place". The major does not question the reason that made his nose disappear, but decides to look for it and finds the nose dressed as a high-ranking officer and pretending to be a human. This represents the magical realism of the short story of "the nose," because even without the nose on his face, and finding his nose pretending to be a human being, the major is not surprised at all of this and acts as if it were a common thing.