• Bindu.R

Angela Carter’s later novels Nights at the Circus and Wise Children are highly subversive with their carnivasitic diffusion of feminine energies. As a proclaimed feminist, Carter effectively links gender politics with the skillful use of carnival elements in these novels. This paper examines in the light of Mikhail Bakthin’s theory on the Carnivalesque, the ways in which Carter employs carnivalistic features in these novels to subvert and undermine the monologic authority of patriarchal culture.

The Carnival elements, Angela Carter, Mikail Bakthin, feminist subversion

"The Carnivalesque in Angela Carter’s Later Novels Nights at the Circus and Wise Children", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.588-591, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907F78.pdf

"The Carnivalesque in Angela Carter’s Later Novels Nights at the Circus and Wise Children", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp588-591, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907F78.pdf