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Has magical realism ended as a literary movement, and if so when?

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Magical realism remains an actively used literary mode; sources describe its flourishing beginning with Latin American Boom writers but name no closing year for the movement, and none suggest it has ended.

What would resolve this A literary-historical source explicitly marking a closing period for magical realism as a genre-defining movement, distinct from its continued use as a narrative technique.
OpenLiterary history and periodization scholarshipThe Norton Anthology of World Literature
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