Advantage Of Fabulism In Literature

Fabulism is basically realism with a dash of magic, a hint of the nonsensical, a pinch of metaphor and a sprinkle of the phantasmagoric. Fabulism is what happens to realism when a writer/author decides to spice things up a bit in order to convey a point or message without being too forward with their intentions and also without being too subtle. In fact, the ‘magic’ that an author uses creates a huge advantage when the author investigates the world they have set their story in. Fabulist writers use their techniques to create an altered reality within our reality, but all the while retaining enough reality to make sure that the mysticism that is inlayed is only enough to help get the point across. Put simply, the mysticism is used to explain reality or ‘the real’ in a way that is both understandable and pleasantly mysterious for the human mind.

Fabulism is a sort of realism that is based

By having even the slightest bit of ‘magic’ in a fabulist work of literature, the author is able to tell the story within a very real setting and yet be able to place a spin on events, subjects, or objects with the ‘magic’ in order to express their message. Thus, an author like Ray Bradbury is capable of using the technology within the house setting as his sole protagonist (though through various pieces of the technology). With Cheever’s The Enormous Radio, the radio affords him the ability to express the secrets and stories of the other characters of the story without having to explicitly describe them or introduce them as characters in the way he does the Westcott’s. Furthermore, the radio is a more upfront way in which to present the minor characters that also prevents Cheever from having to build a full story behind each character and permits him to give the reader the smallest glimpse of the character that contains all that the reader will ever (and ever need to)