Lo real maravilloso y el realismo animista: la fe y la revolución en obras de Carpentier y Pepetela

This article aims to outline aspects concerning the Latin American literary concepts of Magic realism and Marvellous realism, as well as to compare the latter with the concept of Animist Realism. The work of Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier, The Kingdom of this World, concerning the Haitian Revolution,...

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Main Author: Paloma de Melo Henrique
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra 2016-12-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/eces/2142
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description This article aims to outline aspects concerning the Latin American literary concepts of Magic realism and Marvellous realism, as well as to compare the latter with the concept of Animist Realism. The work of Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier, The Kingdom of this World, concerning the Haitian Revolution, and the book by Angolan writer Pepetela, A geração da utopia, which addresses the Angolan War of Independence, will be used as examples, since they showcase some of the literary assumptions of their authors in regard to the Marvellous and Animist realism.
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Lo real maravilloso y el realismo animista: la fe y la revolución en obras de Carpentier y Pepetela
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Carpentier
marvellous realism
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revolution
title Lo real maravilloso y el realismo animista: la fe y la revolución en obras de Carpentier y Pepetela
title_full Lo real maravilloso y el realismo animista: la fe y la revolución en obras de Carpentier y Pepetela
title_fullStr Lo real maravilloso y el realismo animista: la fe y la revolución en obras de Carpentier y Pepetela
title_full_unstemmed Lo real maravilloso y el realismo animista: la fe y la revolución en obras de Carpentier y Pepetela
title_short Lo real maravilloso y el realismo animista: la fe y la revolución en obras de Carpentier y Pepetela
title_sort lo real maravilloso y el realismo animista la fe y la revolucion en obras de carpentier y pepetela
topic animism
animist realism
Carpentier
marvellous realism
Pepetela
revolution
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