引言源于拉丁美洲的“魔幻现实主义”(realismo magico)~①可以简单定义为以魔幻展呈的现实,而此魔幻是由现实激发而出,其特征并非天马行空的想象,而是透视现实所蕴含的不可能。“魔幻”并不仅是写作的手段,而是反映现实的另一种方式。台湾作家借用中国传统的神鬼奇谭、民间神话、宗教传奇的转化运用,就是魔幻现实主义在台湾本土化的现象。本文试以台湾新世代作家甘耀明作品《丧礼上的故 Introduction Latin America’s “realismo magico” (1) can be simply defined as a reality presented in magical reality, inspired by reality, not characterized by an abstract imagination but a perspective Implied by the reality impossible. “Magic ” is not only a means of writing, but another way of reflecting reality. Taiwan writers to borrow the traditional Chinese mystery, folk myths, the transformation of the use of religious legend, is the magical realism in Taiwan localization phenomenon. This article attempts to Taiwan’s new generation writer Gan Yaoming works “funeral of the old.”