Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaThe world and the kingdom: historicity and fictionalization in Alejo Carpentier's novel the kingdom of this world
The novel El mundo de este mundo(1949), by Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier (1904-1980), is a work of historical fiction that portrays the French colony of Saint-Domingue in the XVIII century until the first decades of independent Haiti, introducing the style of narrative known as "marvelous real&...
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Universidade de São Paulo - Programa de Pós-graduação em Integração da América Latina
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| description | The novel El mundo de este mundo(1949), by Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier (1904-1980), is a work of historical fiction that portrays the French colony of Saint-Domingue in the XVIII century until the first decades of independent Haiti, introducing the style of narrative known as "marvelous real", which would greatly influence the XX century’s Latin American literature. Although the narrative does not mention dates or facts, it is possible to recognize and date the main events portrayed, as well as to identify certain real characters that appear in the plot. The present article seeks to uncover the historical elements referred to and fictionalized by Carpentier throughout his work, seeking to separate the (real) world of the realm (of fiction), in order to provide subsidies for a better understanding of the narrative. For this, this article analyzes the four parts of the book, contrasting the narrativewith historical facts and elements of the theory of historical fiction. |
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| spelling | clacso-CLACSO227182022-03-15T15:10:56Z The world and the kingdom: historicity and fictionalization in Alejo Carpentier's novel the kingdom of this world O mundo e o reino: historicidade e ficcionalização em El reino de este mundo, de Alejo Carpentier Vargas, Fábio Aristimunho Historical fiction Decolonization Postcoloniality Alejo Carpentier literatura latino-americana ficção histórica. The novel El mundo de este mundo(1949), by Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier (1904-1980), is a work of historical fiction that portrays the French colony of Saint-Domingue in the XVIII century until the first decades of independent Haiti, introducing the style of narrative known as "marvelous real", which would greatly influence the XX century’s Latin American literature. Although the narrative does not mention dates or facts, it is possible to recognize and date the main events portrayed, as well as to identify certain real characters that appear in the plot. The present article seeks to uncover the historical elements referred to and fictionalized by Carpentier throughout his work, seeking to separate the (real) world of the realm (of fiction), in order to provide subsidies for a better understanding of the narrative. For this, this article analyzes the four parts of the book, contrasting the narrativewith historical facts and elements of the theory of historical fiction. O romance El reino de este mundo (1949), do escritor cubano Alejo Carpentier (1904-1980), é uma obra de ficção histórica que retrata a colônia francesa de Saint-Domingue no século XVIII até as primeiras décadas do Haiti independente, introduzindo o estilo narrativo conhecido como “real maravilhoso”, que muito influenciaria a literatura latino-americana do século XX. Embora a narrativa não mencione datas nem nomeie fatos, é possível reconhecer e datar os principais acontecimentos retratados, assim como identificar certos personagens reais que aparecem na trama. O presente artigo busca desvendar os elementos históricos referidos e ficcionalizados por Carpentier ao longo da obra, buscando separar o mundo (real) do reino (da ficção), de modo a fornecer subsídios para melhor compreensão da narrativa. Analisam-se, para isso, as quatro partes em que se estrutura o livro, contrastando a narrativa com fatos históricos e elementos da teoria da ficção histórica. 2018-04-02 2022-03-15T15:10:56Z 2022-03-15T15:10:56Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://www.revistas.usp.br/prolam/article/view/139512 10.11606/issn.1676-6288.prolam.2017.139512 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/22718 por https://www.revistas.usp.br/prolam/article/view/139512/139122 Copyright (c) 2018 Fábio Aristimunho Vargas application/pdf Universidade de São Paulo - Programa de Pós-graduação em Integração da América Latina Brazilian Journal of Latin American Studies; v. 16 n. 31 (2017); 189-202 Brazilian Journal of Latin American Studies; Vol. 16 No. 31 (2017); 189-202 1676-6288 1676-6288 |
| spellingShingle | Historical fiction Decolonization Postcoloniality Alejo Carpentier literatura latino-americana ficção histórica. Vargas, Fábio Aristimunho The world and the kingdom: historicity and fictionalization in Alejo Carpentier's novel the kingdom of this world |
| title | The world and the kingdom: historicity and fictionalization in Alejo Carpentier's novel the kingdom of this world |
| title_full | The world and the kingdom: historicity and fictionalization in Alejo Carpentier's novel the kingdom of this world |
| title_fullStr | The world and the kingdom: historicity and fictionalization in Alejo Carpentier's novel the kingdom of this world |
| title_full_unstemmed | The world and the kingdom: historicity and fictionalization in Alejo Carpentier's novel the kingdom of this world |
| title_short | The world and the kingdom: historicity and fictionalization in Alejo Carpentier's novel the kingdom of this world |
| title_sort | world and the kingdom: historicity and fictionalization in alejo carpentier's novel the kingdom of this world |
| topic | Historical fiction Decolonization Postcoloniality Alejo Carpentier literatura latino-americana ficção histórica. |
| url | https://www.revistas.usp.br/prolam/article/view/139512 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/22718 |