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women, but also the ability to captivate men. He suffers an accident in which his left hand is caught in machinery, and his arm is dragged in up to the shoulder. Being useless to his owner, he departs for the mountains and discovers many secret herbs, plants, and fungi that appear to have magical qualities. Ti Noel joins Macandal and both learn about the magical attributes of these natural elements. Macandal suggests that the time has come, and no longer goes to the plantation. After the rain season has passed, Ti Noel meets with him in a cave populated with strange items. Macandal has established contact with surrounding plantations, and gives instructions to ensure the death of cows using secret herbs. The poison spreads, killing livestock by the hundreds as well as Frenchmen, wiping out adults and children. Madame Lenormand de Mezy dies as a result, and the deaths continue with entire families suffering the same fate. At gunpoint, a slave eventually explains that Macandal has superhuman powers and is the Lord of Poison. Death within the plantations returns to normal rates as a result and the Frenchmen return to playing cards and drinking, as months pass with no word of Macandal. Macandal, now with the ability to transform into animal forms, like bird, fish, or insect, visits the plantation to affirm faith in his return. The slaves decide to wait four years for Macandal to complete his metamorphoses and once again become a human. After four years, he returns during a celebration and all present are delighted. The chanting alerts the white men, and preparations are made to capture Macandal. He is captured and tied to a post in order to be lashed and burned in front of massive black crowds, but he escapes, flying overhead, and lands among the crowd. He is again captured and burned, but the slaves are certain that he has been saved by African Gods and return to their plantations, laughing.
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gathering of trusted slaves takes place: Bouckman, the Jamaican, speaks of possible freedom for the blacks emerging in France and also mentions the opposition from the plantation landowners. An uprising is planned; as a result of this meeting, conch-shell trumpets sound and slaves, armed with sticks, surround the houses of their masters. Upon hearing the conch-shells Lenormand de Mezy is frightened and manages to hide. The slaves kill the white men and drink much alcohol. Ti Noel, after drinking, rapes Mademoiselle Floridor, who is Lenormand de Mezy's latest mistress. The uprising is defeated and Bouckman is killed. The governor, Blanchelande, advocates for the complete extermination of the colony's black population, as they pose a threat with their voodoo and secret religion. Several of the rebels are gathered to be publicly executed, but Lenormand de Mezy secures the release of his slaves, including Ti Noel, intending to sell them in the slave markets in Cuba. Lenormand de Mezy takes Ti Noel and other slaves to Cuba, where he becomes lazy, conducts no business, enjoys the women, drinks alcohol, and gambles away his slaves. Pauline Bonaparte accompanies Leclerc, her army general husband, to Haiti. On the way there, she enjoys sexually tempting the men on the ship. Solimán, a black slave, massages her body and lavishes loving care on her beauty. Leclerc develops yellow fever, and Pauline trusts in the voodoo and magic of Solimán to cure him. Leclerc dies, and Pauline returns to Paris while the Rochambeau government treats the blacks very poorly. However, there is the emergence of black priests who allow the slaves to conduct more business internally.
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memories, and sends him into a howl, causing the room to be rushed. He is reminded of the night of Henri Christophe's demise and flees before succumbing to malaria. Ti Noel recalls things told by Macandal, and the former plantation of Lenormand de Mezy has become a happy place, with Ti Noel presiding over celebrations and festivities. Surveyors disrupt the peace at the plantation, and mulattoes have risen to power; they force hundreds of black prisoners to work by whiplash, and many have lost hope as the cycle of slavery continues. Ti Noel, thinking of Macandal, decides to transform into various animals to observe the ongoing events; he metamorphoses into a bird, a stallion, a wasp, and then an ant. He eventually becomes a goose, but is rejected by the clan of geese. He understands that being a goose does not imply that all geese are equal, so he returns to human form. The book concludes with the end of Ti Noel's life, and his own self-reflection upon greatness and The Kingdom of This World.
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Trastorno," where black priests combine Voodoo and Catholic religious practices to form a hybridized religious entity. The hybridized religious entity can be viewed as heretical since it is a blasphemous, bastardized departure from both pure Voodoo and Catholic practices. Carpentier also has a tendency to hybridize many other components of his novel. The titles of the chapters themselves provide further examples of hybridization. Carpentier creatively chose chapter titles that had a well established connotative significance and distorted their meaning. For instance, the chapter titled "Las metamorfosis," does not tell the mythic stories of
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serpent, of a queen who was the Rainbow, and of horses adorned with silver coins. Macandal has his left arm amputated after a machinery accident on the plantation of Lenormand de Mezy and, unable to complete heavy work, is put in charge of pasturing the cattle. He departs for the mountains and discovers many secret herbs, plants, and fungi about which he is taught more by an old, mysterious woman who is something of a witch. Macandal leaves the plantation, attains the ability to transform into various beings, and is represented as having superhuman powers due to his possession by the gods.
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always takes the form of the slaves' point of view, while the more real interpretation of each event is from the whites' perspective; secondly, because the marvellous is used as a weapon to fight injustice. Instances of cruelty and violence between the groups are recounted grotesquely in great detail, which enhances the rivalry. More importantly, by allowing readers to see through the slaves' point of view, Carpentier brings to light the power and durability of the Haitian community and destabilizes the narrative of Western supremacy.
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characters who are fully conscious of their role in history. Carpentier portrays Henri Christophe, like most leaders, as a pompous fool, since the cycle of history continues regardless of his presence: his influence on the lives of people like Ti Noel is minimal. On the other hand, Christophe has also been seen as a representation of man's potential, rising from cook to soldier to king, reaching extremes of extravagance that exceed that of the previous French rulers, and ultimately falling pathetically.
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and possessing a deep mastery of the French language, Carpentier never fully identified himself as a French writer. Instead, he preferred to define himself as a Spanish American writing in French. Furthermore, Carpentier was known to shuttle between claiming French or Spanish as his mother tongue, which further illustrated his cultural indecisiveness. In the end, due to his conflicting cultural influences, Carpentier's own feelings of being somewhat of a hybrid entity himself are mirrored in his prose.
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audience. While tied to the post, he metamorphoses into an insect and flies overhead before landing in the crowds. During the ensuing pandemonium he is again captured by ten men and burned in the fire. The slaves are certain that he has been saved and remain in defiant and jubilant spirits. The memory of Macandal is not extinguished in the flames. Ti Noel tells his children the stories he was told by Macandal, and they await his return many years later.
793:, who says, "During the night of 14 August 1791 a Voodoo ceremony held in a place called Bois Caiman was a fundamental step in the unification of the slave population of Saint-Domingue. A week later the plantations (which were mainly sugarcane) were on fire, and the revolution had started. It was to last for thirteen years, until 1804" (Dominique 103). In conclusion, vodou was an integral practice in unifying the slaves and inspiring the revolt. 946:. More specifically, Carpentier is notorious for writing in a sort of "heightened" language, which is best described as a hybrid of his European and Latin American heritages. Carpentier's heightened language takes the form "Frenchifying" Spanish-American prose. As such, it is not uncommon for Carpentier to apply French constructions and usages to Spanish words. For example, Carpentier used the intransitive Spanish verb 27: 774:, a pivotal figure in the Haitian Revolution, is barely mentioned in the novel, the one page dedicated to him emphasizes his connection to African gods while neglecting to mention any of his other features that made him an effective leader. While Dessaline's belief in African gods is highlighted, Henri Christophe's abandonment of the religion is stressed, being identified as the reason for his downfall. 279: 484:. Furthermore, his trip to Haiti in 1943 is recounted, as well as some of the research he did to gather facts for the novel. Carpentier also denounces the commonplace and formulaic instances of the marvellous that is found in surrealist novels due to its inorganic and false origins, as opposed to the natural magic that is found in Latin America. 387:) presents two arguments that Carpentier applied to his historical approach: firstly, from the perspective of a Haitian peasant, the Revolution did nothing more than replace leaders, since the exploitation continued; secondly, Price Mars assumes the authenticity of the belief in African gods, in contrast with a shallow Catholicism. 827:. Often, the characters find that reality does not lie entirely in either world. It is possible that this theme is well-developed in Alejo Carpentier's work because of the author's own personal experience with cultural transplantation (Carpentier grew up in Havana but later moved to France for six years and travelled extensively). 423:
Carpentier makes use of spectatorship: his characters perceive a spectacle in alterable ways which parallel their alterable ways of experiencing the world. Spectacle situations are also sometimes used by Carpentier as a tool for the characters to reframe and rethink the world, as well as to establish individual and group identity.
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to break the mold imposed by the French colonials. The ruling Afro-Caribbeans end up enslaving and oppressing their own kind and the resulting social situation is devoid of any progress. Carpentier's perspective on the Haitian revolution is revealed in the way that he portrays the cyclical nature of reactionary violence.
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in an effort to explain the effects of interacting cultures. Bhabha's theory contends that, through the process of what he refers to as cultural translation, the interactions between two distinct cultures result in the formation of a hybrid identity. As the word "hybrid" suggests, the new identity is
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has a deep focus on the nature of revolution, and the novel itself can be viewed as a reflection of Carpentier's ideological perspective towards revolutions. Carpentier tries to establish the idea that a distinction must be made between revolutions and reactions. While a revolution produces progress,
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first appears on the ship of dogs being transported from Cuba to Haiti in Part Two of the novel. She is described as a beautiful woman who, despite her tender years, is familiar with the male body. She enjoyed tempting the men on board and for that reason would let the wind ruffle her hair and breeze
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In Part Three, Henri Christophe has become the first King of Haiti and subjects the black population to worse slavery than that experienced under French rule. His regime carries out brutal torture and grips the city in fear. He is later tormented by thunder strikes and magical, ghostly appearances of
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first appears at the beginning of Part Two. He is described as a black master chef who has just bought the lodgings at the Auberge de la Couronne from Mademoiselle Monjean. His dishes are famous for the perfection of their seasoning and/or for the abundance of ingredients that allow for visitors from
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He spreads poison and kills much livestock and many Frenchmen to prepare for an uprising, but is forced into exile as the French become aware of his actions and begin to search for him. He returns after four years, but is captured and tied to a post to be lashed and burned in front of a massive black
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is a black slave, first introduced on the same plantation as Ti Noel. He is admired for his qualities that are irresistible to black women and his ability to captivate men. He regales tales of great kingdoms and speaks of epic battles in which the animals were allies of men, of the incarnation of the
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The characters in the novel are integral to its understanding. Not only do they highlight the temporal and political context of voodoo and other forces, but they also allow Carpentier to surpass temporal and spatial limitations to reach the ultimate reality of life: the universal essence that lies in
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Carpentier lastly equates the idea of Western theatre with that of a sham through Ti Noel's realization that disguising oneself to assume a role does not lead to community: "As Ti Noel was there in disguise, and did not for a moment consider himself one of the species, he took refuge by himself under
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in 1933 (at the age of 29) and returned to Cuba six years later, in 1939. Once in Cuba, Carpentier joined a group of young writers whose goal was to establish a literature faithful to the New World, by recovering origins, history, and tradition. In 1943, he travelled to Haiti, where he was made aware
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A sense of destiny is present in the novel through patterns of repetition, including reversals of destiny in a number of characters. Characters who are paired together tend to suffer the same destiny: Ti Noel and Monsieur Lenormand de Mezy both witness the marvels of the age and slowly decline; both
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Carpentier's historical account is greatly simplified in order to increase the contrast between the white land owners and their black slaves. The marvellous, one of the most notable features of the novel, is used as a marker of contrast between the two groups: firstly, because mention of the magical
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Macandal has expert knowledge of the nature of the forest, using its herbs and fungi as weapons against the planters. The ecological landscape of Haiti is used to represent the wreckage of the Revolution, being initially described as fertile and bountiful with the plantations, but later as worn down
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In the novel, the Afro-Caribbean slave population violently react to the oppressive regime imposed on them by the French colonials. The result of this armed reaction is the emergence of a brutal regime in which the oppressed become the oppressors. Sadly, the leaders of the newly produced regime fail
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origin and leads the secret gathering of trusted slaves, where he speaks of French requests for freedom for black slaves, but also of the resistance displayed by plantation landowners. He is present when staff is named and an uprising is planned. After the uprising is defeated, Bouckman is killed at
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has also been criticized for its narrative organization, which predominantly relies on apposition rather than on succession: the novel does not present history in terms of a sequence of events and their consequences. The gaps within chronological time that occur throughout this novel as well as the
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Most moments in which there is a fantastic occurrence constitute a change in point of view, from the omniscient narrator to a specific character with particular beliefs. The introduction of magical events from the perspective of the slaves highlights their otherness, because while they may believe,
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There are many instances of marvelous occurrences in the novel, such as Macandal and Ti Noel's metamorphoses and Henri Christophe's encounter with a spectre. Carpentier mixes elements of history and fiction with no clear division in between the two, which has been said to increase the liveliness of
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Carpentier's fascination with the notion of hybridity, and the associated cultural distortion is inevitably a reflection of his own search for a cultural identity. During his time in Paris, there was a profound public interest in the Americas. Although well versed in the French surrealist tradition
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cultures in opposition through the use of the spectator-performer relationship. In this spectacle situation, Carpentier is able to juxtapose the Europeans' experience of Macandal's body falling into the flames with the autochthonous (Afro-Haitian) experience of Macandal's body flying off the stake.
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takes place prior to, during, and after the Haitian Revolution which began in 1791 and led to the declaration of Haitian independence in 1804. This revolution was a turning point in global history because it was unthinkable that such a massive anti-slavery revolt would not only take place, but also
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because of how the slaves practice. As a religion, vodou unifies the slaves through common practice and common language. In the novel, vodou is what motivates and inspires the slaves to rise up in rebellion. Through the use of vodou practices, Macandal is able to poison thousands of people. In the
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Carpentier's portrayal of Christophe has been considered "hollow" and one-sided, representing an archetypal tyrant at his most deteriorated state, seen only through the eyes of Ti Noel. This goes against the principle of historical accuracy, which should present a faithful portrait of society with
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Carpentier reduces the individuality of the characters, enhancing the notion of humanity, keeping in line with the theme of history as a repetition of patterns regardless of who is in power. The simultaneous presence of fact and fiction and the cycle of reversal of fortunes presents characters as
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Ti Noel, an illiterate slave, is a protagonist of African origin. He begins as a young slave who, during the unravelling of the novel, travels to Cuba before returning to Haiti. He is twice branded as a slave but now is a free man. Although he grows old, he remains a witness rather than actor and
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Ti Noel has been won in a card game by a plantation owner based in Santiago, and Lenormand de Mezy dies in abject poverty shortly afterwards. Ti Noel saves enough money to buy his passage, and as a free man, he discovers a free Haiti. Now much older, he realizes that he has returned to the former
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Theatre also greatly influenced Alejo Carpentier's work. In all his work, Carpentier uses the characters he creates to explore the notions of subjectivity and identity, analyzing the way in which individuals see themselves and others within cultural settings. In order to achieve such an analysis,
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Ti Noel is well established early on as not only a witness to events, but also as someone who makes observations and offers reflection. It is he who considers slavery under Henri Christophe worse than that under French rule because blacks are now enslaving fellow blacks. It is also he who offers
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Henri Christophe's widow and children are taken to Europe by English merchants, who used to supply the royal family. Solimán accompanies them and enjoys the summers in Rome, where he is treated well and tells embellished tales of his past. He encounters a statue of Pauline whose form brings back
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Ti Noel recalls the tales that a fellow slave, Macandal, would regale on the plantation of their master, Lenormand de Mezy. Macandal would tell tales of magical characters and mythical kingdoms with rivers rising in the sky. He is said to not only have irresistible qualities that appeal to black
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His conception of 'marvellous reality' revolves around the natural fantastic qualities of Latin America and the Caribbean, as opposed to the overly forced and cliché efforts by European surrealists to portray magical occurrences. The result was the presentation of impossible or fantastic events
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There is a socio-political cycle of order and disorder where, regardless of who is in power, the same injustices take place: when the blacks take control, they betray their own traditions and follow the example of European states. By means of these repeated scenarios, history is presented as a
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Lenormand de Mezy's second wife has died and the city has made remarkable progress. Henri Christophe is a master chef. Twenty years have gone by and Ti Noel has fathered twelve children by one of the cooks. He has told these children many stories of Macandal and they await his return. A secret
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realism of Henri Christophe. A key aspect of the novel is that the main character is of interest not because of his skin colour, but rather for his human attributes that allow universal reflection beyond the realm of race. In this sense, magic realism is a necessary tool of expression and the
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the novel. Furthermore, the lack of transition in between perspectives grants authenticity to the marvellous. The historical episodes and characters were chosen based on which are the most interesting and unusual and not on which are most important to accurately recount the history of Haiti.
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Carpentier writes about the struggles and conflicts that arise between the French colonials and the Afro-Caribbean population in Haiti during a time of revolution. Carpentier's prose is rich with examples of hybridization. One of the most striking examples is found in the chapter titled "San
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described as if they were completely usual and natural, such as the metamorphoses of Macandal and Ti Noel. These events, however, often represent the beliefs of other characters in the novel. For a more detailed account of the differences between magic realism and Carpentier's
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be successful; therefore, it challenged the prejudices of its time and ultimately influenced abolitionist movements throughout the Americas. Haitians became the second nation to break from their European colonizer (following the US). The Haitian revolution differed from the
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is considered to be Alejo Carpentier's first great novel. He is praised for his skillful inclusion of Haitian voodoo, myth, and history in the work, as well as for contributing to the definition of Latin American identity. Although the presence of fantastic realism in
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for instance, that Macandal survived his execution, the whites, and especially the readers, know that he did not. The marvellous, emphasized in the Prologue, is a product of the characters' beliefs, which is why there is the shift in perspectives when presenting it.
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previously tortured subjects. As the black population revolts against his rule, he finds himself alone and deserted. In this state he commits suicide by shooting himself. His body is taken to be buried in a fortress on a mountain and this becomes his mausoleum.
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plantation of Lenormand de Mezy. Haiti has undergone great development, and the land has come under the control of the black man. Ti Noel is abruptly thrown into prison and once again made to work as a slave among children, pregnant girls, women, and old men.
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has been acclaimed by critics and discussed at length within the academic community, this concern is paralleled by a lack of interest in Carpentier's technical work in the novel. In particular, his vision of time has been widely ignored.
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through the images of torture, fire, suppression, and hungry dogs for example. Carpentier's characters often find consolation in sexuality (which is closely related to the sadism of the violence theme) after experiencing violence.
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more often reacts to, as opposed to causes, events throughout the novel. He is in admiration of Macandal's qualities prior to the loss of Macandal's arm; he accompanies Macandal into the mountains and is saddened by his departure.
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Through the different, mutable views of the performance that he creates, Carpentier is able to represent an unstable cultural identity. As a second example, the scene that Ti Noel constructs around himself after the sacking of the
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reflections about the difficulty of this world allowing for the possibility of greatness during the concluding remarks of the novel. His perspective represents that of the folk, including his belief in the African gods.
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however, as it involved the formation of a new national identity. Unlike in the US, the entire social and economic order that had been put in place through the practice of plantation slavery in Haiti was transformed.
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tradition. Although Carpentier could have easily become a successful French writer, he instead chose to write in Spanish. However, Carpentier never fully dislocated himself from his European heritage as
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through her clothes to reveal the grace of her breasts. She would also sleep out in the open. Pauline has Solimán massage her body and tend to her beauty. They form a relationship and when her husband,
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are considered "pioneers of the contemporary Spanish-American novel" because of their mythologizing of the Latin American experience. Their work in between the late 1940s and early 1960s led to the
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The theme of confusion appears through the transplantation of characters from one world to another, for example from the characters' childhood culture to the one imposed upon them as occurs in
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in the novel, always accompanying the slaves. Drums, including conch shells and even thunder, announce all the armed revolts by the blacks and serve as a means of communication during war.
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As a young writer, Carpentier spent a great deal of time in Europe. Due to his European heritage, Carpentier had a firm grasp of the French language and was also well versed in the French
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and bare. The powerful climate of the Caribbean is more similar to Africa than Europe, making nature an ally of the slaves. Natural elements also act on their own, with Henri Christophe's
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technique serves to confront the novel's hero, better develop his purpose as a man, and advance a simultaneously profound and straightforward understanding of the human experience.
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Macandal represents the link between spirituality and history; he is the inspiration for the rebellion, and the first one to employ the marvelous as a weapon of resistance.
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Throughout the novel, varying perceptions of reality that arise due to cultural differences between its characters are emphasized and contrasted. Carpentier explores
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his table." Theatre is also undermined when Ti Noel flees with Ruth (his wife and an actress), and in the end is faced with nothing but theatre on her behalf.
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sudden changes of perspective and minimal transitional narrative have led some to criticize the book for the chaotic first impression it gives the reader.
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questions the historical accuracy of the work by arguing that Carpentier manipulated dates so that he could achieve meaningful associations in his novel.
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presents the reader with a dramatic rehearsal in which Ti Noel represents culturally mobile subjectivity by performing different identities on his own.
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Pauline and Solimán indulge in their wealthy positions and then sink into madness. There is a clear pattern of succession from fortune to misfortune.
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functional variants of each other. Through frequent use of metonymy, whereby a part replaces a whole, for example, referring to soldiers as
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coincides with Carpentier's return to Cuba, it is very much influenced by the author's re-encounter with himself and his origins.
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Dominique, Rachel Beauvoir (December 2010). "The Social Value of Voodoo throughout History: Slavery, Migrations and Solidarity".
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novel, vodou is used both to protect the slaves and to wage war against the slave owners. This point is drawn from an article by
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Paravisini-Gebert, Lizabeth (2004), "The Haitian Revolution in Interstices and Shadows: A Re-reading of Alejo Carpentier's
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Henri Christophe, a key figure in winning Haiti's independence from France during the 1791–1804 Haitian Revolution
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Carpentier was an admirer of the elegance and wit in the work of satirical French writers and artists of the
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across the world to be satisfied. He is said to have a magic touch with turtle vol-au-vent or wood pigeons.
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Barreda-Tomás, Pedro M (1972), "Alejo Carpentier: Dos Visiones del Negro, Dos Conceptos de la Novela",
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Müller-Bergh, Klaus (1969), "Corrientes vanguardistas y surrealismo en la obra de Alejo Carpentier",
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Dash, Michael J (2005), "The Theater of the Haitian Revolution / The Haitian Revolution as Theater",
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Miller, Paul B (2001), "Blancas Y Negras: Carpentier and the Temporalities of Mutual Exclusion",
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made connections between religion and history and was considered a beautiful book by Carpentier.
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The prologue to the novel is Carpentier's most often quoted text, in which he coins the term
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Pauline Bonaparte is represented as immature, expecting an ideal life of fantasy in the
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Unruh, Vicky (1998), "The Performing Spectator in Alejo Carpentier's Fictional World",
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a mix of the two original cultures and the result is a new unique cultural entity.
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depicting a struggle between Polish troops in French service and the Haitian rebels
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Sokoloff, Naomi B (1986), "The Discourse of Contradiction: Metaphor, Metonymy and
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Bosch, Rafael (1976), "Analisis objetivo (O material) del primer Carpentier",
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Torres-Rosado, Santos (1991), "La mujer como referente estético-literario en
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has been described as an important work in the development of this genre in
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Front cover of the first edition of the English translation of the book
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In contrast to the intense single character focus of his first novel,
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González Bolaños, Aimée (2001), "Novela histórica e ilusión poética:
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The brutality of the Spanish American dictatorship is omnipresent in
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Speratti-Piñero, Emma Susana (1980), "Creencias áfro-antillanas en
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Stimson, Frederick S (1959), "Alejo Carpentier, Cuban Novelist",
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being attacked by fungi and thunderstorms before its completion.
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Edición y Distribución Iberoamericana de Publicaciones (Spanish)
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Williams, Lorna V (1977), "The Image of King Christophe",
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elements are present in all of his works, including
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View of the Citadelle Laferrière, in northern Haiti
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As 2097: 2095: 1746: 1744: 928: 2794: 2340:(1981), "Metamorphosis as Revolt: Cervantes' 2189: 1933: 1931: 1879: 1877: 1864: 1862: 1860: 1858: 1761: 1759: 1648: 1646: 1502: 1376: 1358: 1335: 1329: 1145: 1038:harvnb error: no target: CITEREFStimson1998 ( 51: 2509: 2220:Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana 2075: 1889: 1616: 1599: 1070: 1029: 1027: 1025: 1023: 1021: 891: 797:Contrast between black and white ethnicities 2925:Cultural depictions of Toussaint Louverture 2310:Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism 2092: 1741: 2285: 2263: 2246: 2167: 2152: 2148: 2146: 2137: 2125: 2113: 2045: 1973: 1961: 1949: 1928: 1922: 1874: 1855: 1756: 1643: 1637: 1589: 1587: 1585: 1583: 1370: 1317: 1281: 1265: 1263: 1261: 1248: 1246: 1244: 1219: 1217: 1204: 1202: 1169: 1064: 998: 25: 2836: 2748: 2624: 1712: 1098: 1096: 1094: 1092: 1018: 1008: 1006: 992: 830: 549:Ti Noel has been considered a product of 2853: 2697: 2571: 2419: 2376: 2336: 2101: 2086: 2057: 2033: 2009: 1997: 1937: 1910: 1898: 1868: 1849: 1837: 1825: 1813: 1801: 1789: 1777: 1765: 1750: 1700: 1688: 1652: 1625: 1610: 1516:"Haiti: THe Bois Caiman Meeting of 1791" 1447: 1435: 1411: 1399: 1193: 1181: 1157: 1129: 1127: 1125: 1123: 748: 624: 591: 565: 458: 425: 277: 2765: 2271:, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2143: 1883: 1580: 1258: 1241: 1229: 1214: 1199: 1033: 463:Battle on Santo Domingo, a painting by 2872: 2489: 2450: 1593: 1089: 1003: 805: 434:As an example, the execution scene in 2814: 2649: 2217: 1985: 1574: 1562: 1550: 1293: 1269: 1252: 1235: 1223: 1208: 1120: 404:Los trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda 2930:Novels set in the Haitian Revolution 2737:Nueva Revista de Filología Hispánica 2671: 2607: 2307: 2069: 1471: 1133: 1114: 1102: 1012: 620: 655: 600: 13: 289:was born on December 26, 1904, in 14: 2941: 2250:De lo real maravilloso americano 1727:10.1111/j.1468-0033.2011.01741.x 777:The drum is the main feature of 712: 370: 2575:(1970), ""The Human Comedy" in 2537:Research in African Literatures 2131: 2119: 2107: 2063: 2051: 2039: 2027: 2015: 2003: 1991: 1979: 1967: 1955: 1943: 1916: 1904: 1843: 1831: 1819: 1807: 1795: 1783: 1771: 1706: 1694: 1682: 1670: 1658: 1631: 1568: 1556: 1544: 1533: 1508: 1496: 1477: 1465: 1453: 1441: 1429: 1417: 1405: 1393: 1364: 1352: 1323: 1311: 1299: 1287: 1275: 1187: 1175: 1163: 1151: 1139: 691: 454: 430:Front view of Sans-Souci Palace 310:of Dominique Hyppolyte's play, 2613:Latin American Research Review 2492:Latin American Literary Review 2383:Latin American Literary Review 1108: 1058: 1046: 226:before, during, and after the 1: 2161: 908: 697:Reactionary vs. revolutionary 527: 505: 365: 268: 986: 964: 818: 766:Voodoo, Vodou, Voudou, Vodun 518: 7: 929:French stylistic influences 899:Roberto González Echevarría 561: 496: 487: 471: 305:. He subsequently moved to 10: 2946: 2900:Cuban magic realism novels 2890:Novels by Alejo Carpentier 2425:The Modern Language Review 2247:Carpentier, Alejo (1967), 2168:Baez-Jorge, Felix (1998), 730:The Kingdom of This World, 536: 417: 331: 327: 20:The Kingdom of This World 2885:20th-century Cuban novels 2802:Cincinnati Romance Review 2626:10.1017/S0023879100028429 2533:The Kingdom of This World 2512:Revista Hispánica Moderna 2379:The Kingdom of This World 2282:. Trans. Harriet de Onís. 2269:The Kingdom of This World 980:The Kingdom of This World 975:The Kingdom of This World 970:The Kingdom of This World 944:The Kingdom of this World 923:The Kingdom of This World 849:The Kingdom of This World 837:The Kingdom of This World 825:The Kingdom of This World 791:Rachel Beauvoir-Dominique 786:The Kingdom of This World 744: 702:The Kingdom of This World 436:The Kingdom of This World 360:The Kingdom of This World 339:The Kingdom of This World 322:The Kingdom of This World 273: 263:Latin American literature 255:The Kingdom of This World 193:The Kingdom of This World 167: 157: 143: 135:Published in English 133: 123: 113: 100: 86: 78: 68: 60: 46: 36: 24: 2895:Novels about revolutions 2750:10.24201/nrfh.v29i2.1759 2660:Romance Languages Annual 886: 843: 222:, it tells the story of 16:Book by Alejo Carpentier 2920:Novels set in the 1800s 2915:Novels set in the 1790s 2704:Modern Language Studies 772:Jean-Jacques Dessalines 408:Persiles and Sigismunda 2799:de Alejo Carpentier", 2797:El reino de este mundo 2735:de Alejo Carpentier", 2733:El reino de este mundo 2700:El Reino de este mundo 2652:El reino de este mundo 2577:El Reino de Este Mundo 2451:Kefala, Eleni (2007), 2404:El reino de este mundo 2346:El Reino de Este Mundo 2338:De Armas, Frederick A. 2291:El Reino de Este Mundo 2177:La Palabra y el Hombre 2022:Paravisini-Gebert 2004 1677:Paravisini-Gebert 2004 1665:Paravisini-Gebert 2004 1460:Paravisini-Gebert 2004 1388:Paravisini-Gebert 2004 1347:Paravisini-Gebert 2004 1306:Paravisini-Gebert 2004 1084:Paravisini-Gebert 2004 1053:Paravisini-Gebert 2004 831:Violence and sexuality 754: 634: 631:François-Joseph Kinson 597: 575: 468: 431: 283: 203:El reino de este mundo 201: 53:El reino de este mundo 52: 2656:El siglo de las luces 2549:10.1353/ral.2004.0052 2469:10.1353/mln.2007.0042 2342:Persiles y Segismunda 1424:González Bolaños 2001 865:Miguel Ángel Asturias 752: 705:a reaction does not. 629:Pauline Bonaparte by 628: 595: 569: 462: 429: 281: 1913:, pp. 1010–1011 1715:Museum International 1484:Speratti-Piñero 1985 784:Vodou is central to 356:Praised Be the Lord! 232:Toussaint Louverture 2910:Novels set in Haiti 2179:(in Spanish): 23–43 954:is used in French. 869:Latin American Boom 857:lo real maravilloso 806:History and destiny 533:every human being. 478:lo real maravilloso 465:January Suchodolski 400:Miguel de Cervantes 381:Ainsi parla l'oncle 344:American Revolution 236:Miguel de Cervantes 47:Original title 21: 2683:, Boston: Twayne, 2573:Pontiero, Giovanni 2140:, pp. 121–123 1816:, pp. 531–532 1503:Torres-Rosado 1991 1450:, pp. 530–534 1402:, pp. 310–311 1359:Barreda-Tomás 1972 1330:Barreda-Tomás 1972 1196:, pp. 310–315 1146:Barreda-Tomás 1972 959:eighteenth century 879:, see the page on 853:historical fiction 755: 665:Bois Caiman ritual 635: 598: 576: 469: 438:puts European and 432: 385:So Spoke the Uncle 334:Haitian Revolution 318:Haitian Revolution 284: 228:Haitian Revolution 220:historical fiction 19: 2690:978-0-8057-6606-6 2421:Henighan, Stephen 2344:and Carpentier's 2300:978-970-749-012-3 2287:Carpentier, Alejo 2278:978-0-374-52197-4 2265:Carpentier, Alejo 950:transitively, as 863:. 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Index

Book cover featuring a Haitian man with a hat and a sword
Alejo Carpentier
Joseph Low
Historical novel
Magic Realism
Alfred A. Knopf
Cuba
Hardcover
paperback
ISBN
970-749-012-8
ISBN
0-374-52197-2
Spanish
novel
Cuban
Alejo Carpentier
historical fiction
Haiti
Haitian Revolution
Toussaint Louverture
Miguel de Cervantes
magical realism
hybridization
voodoo
Caribbean
Latin American literature
Haiti and its capital Port-au-Prince, shown to the west of the Dominican Republic and south-east of Cuba
Alejo Carpentier
Lausanne

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