Subversive Power of the Supernatural: Elements of Magic Realism in A. Carter’s Nights at the Circus and G. E. Ansaldúa’s Borderlands la Frontera: the New Mestiza
Subversive Power of the Supernatural: Elements of Magic Realism in A. Carter’s Nights at the Circus and G. E. Ansaldúa’s Borderlands la Frontera: the New Mestiza

Summary/Abstract: This paper focuses on elements of magic realism in Angela Carter’s Nights at the Circus and Gloria E. Anzaldúa’s Borderlands La Frontera: The New Mestiza. Though these two novels belong to different literary canons and its storylines refer to different time frames, the writers use mythical and supernatural elements for similar purposes—to undermine the impositions of dominant British and American societies. Both writers incorporate elements of magic into reality to challenge mainstream patriarchal and Western views of women, as well as justify and validate identities based on hybridity and difference.

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