THE TRANSFORMATION OF HISTORICAL REALITY THROUGH MYTH IN MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN AND THE ETERNAL WANDERER: A MAGICAL REALIST PERSPECTIVE

This thesis examines the transformation of historical reality through myth in Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children and Isajon Sulton's The Eternal Wanderer. It explores how magical realism, mythological imagination, and symbolic narration represent historical experience, cultural memory, and individual identity. Rushdie connects the life of his protagonist with the political development of independent India, while Sulton's novel offers opportunities to examine human existence and the search for meaning. The comparative analysis demonstrates that myth enriches historical representation by revealing cultural and philosophical dimensions of reality.