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El Norte

El Norte. Magic Realism and Extraordinary Characteristics. Magic Realism. Supernatural images that interrupt seamless logic of realism. Offers marvelous-real aesthetics that interrupt the narrative logic and/or reinterpret the past or prophesize the future. Examples of Magic-realism.

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El Norte

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  1. El Norte Magic Realism and Extraordinary Characteristics

  2. Magic Realism • Supernatural images that interrupt seamless logic of realism. • Offers marvelous-real aesthetics that interrupt the narrative logic and/or reinterpret the past or prophesize the future.

  3. Examples of Magic-realism • Butterflies--as Rosa attempts to flee her home in Guatemala. • Deer/Flower--as Enrique and Rosa meet before fleeing their town. • Odd Sisters--As Rosa hurries out of town. • The Bus Ride--as they flee to Tijuana • The Tunnel--heading to the United States • Appearance of the parents in the U.S. • Full Moons and circles.

  4. Some Extraordinary Elements • Rosa and Enrique as the heroic twins in the Mayan Popol Vuh (a Mayan creation myth). • Articulation between political repression in Guatemala and exploitation of the undocumented in the United States. • Arturo Xuncax: the indigenous experience • El Coyote: immigrant exploitation and the immigrant experience. • El Norte: life as an undocumented immigrant.

  5. Extraordinary Elements cont. • Trilinguality (Mayan, Spanish, English) • Sympathetic to the plight of undocumented. • Elements of Magic-realism. • Asexualization of the female character. • Chicanos as villains. • The border as the “ominous character.”

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