Choose the novels that use ‘magic realism’ as a tool of narration:
[A] The shadow lines
[B] One hundred years of solitude
[C] Midnight’s children
[D] Beloved
[E] Kanthapura
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The correct answer is B, C and D only.

To understand why this option is correct, let us analyze the narrative technique of magic realism and examine each of the given novels:
Magic realism is a literary style that weaves fantastical, mythical, or magical elements into otherwise realistic and mundane settings, presenting them as normal or natural occurrences.

Now, let's look at each option:

[A] The Shadow Lines: Written by Amitav Ghosh, this is a historical novel that deals with memory, displacement, nationalism, and borders. It does not employ magic realism; its style is realistic and memory-driven.

[B] One Hundred Years of Solitude: Written by Gabriel García Márquez, this is the quintessential masterpiece of magic realism. It chronicles the Buendía family in the fictional town of Macondo, where magical occurrences (like flying carpets, ghosts, and a rain of yellow flowers) are treated as everyday realities.

[C] Midnight’s Children: Written by Salman Rushdie, this postcolonial novel uses magic realism to narrate India's transition from British colonial rule to independence. The protagonist, Saleem Sinai, and other children born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, possess telepathic and other supernatural powers that link them directly to the nation's history.

[D] Beloved: Written by Toni Morrison, this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel incorporates elements of magic realism, particularly through the literal presence of a ghost that haunts the house at 124, representing the painful, haunting legacy of slavery.

[E] Kanthapura: Written by Raja Rao, this novel uses the style of traditional Indian sthala-purana (legendary history of a place) and Gandhian nationalist struggle to narrate the story of a village. It does not use modern magic realism as a primary narrative tool.

Therefore, the novels that use magic realism as a narrative tool are B (One Hundred Years of Solitude), C (Midnight's Children), and D (Beloved).