Haitian Revolution as a great metaphor for the Caribbean’s history in Derek Walcott’s The Haitian Trilogy
This study analyzes the aesthetic and historical perspectives of the Haitian Revolution in the three plays of Derek Walcott’s The Haitian Trilogy (2002): Henri Christophe (1949), Drums and Colours (1958) and The Haitian Earth (1984). It discusses how this topic is elaborated and interrelated with th...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | Chile |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.anid.cl:10533/246317 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10533/246317 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Humanidades Lenguage y Literatura Literatura específica |
| Sumario: | This study analyzes the aesthetic and historical perspectives of the Haitian Revolution in the three plays of Derek Walcott’s The Haitian Trilogy (2002): Henri Christophe (1949), Drums and Colours (1958) and The Haitian Earth (1984). It discusses how this topic is elaborated and interrelated with the historical, political and ideological context in which the artistic productions of this Caribbean author are framed. The study researches the dramatic and discursive strategies used by the author in his treatment of the topic of Haitian Revolution and the dramatic construction of his heroes, proposing an ideological interpretation of his plays. Thereby, this thesis proposes the hypothesis that Walcott’s Haitian Trilogy elaborate the theme of the Revolution as a great metaphor for Caribbean history, from a critic and pessimistic viewpoint, both for the Revolution and for Caribbean history, drawing a distrustful look on the West Indies decolonizing process. |
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