Uncle Madcap Has a Birthday (José Lezama Lima’s Centennial)

Because Lezama’s centennial was celebrated in 2010, the Cuban writer pays homage to his fellow countryman through this text, which recounts of Curbelo’s eventual discovery of the works of the author of Paradiso; followed by his amazement as he deciphered, through rigorous study, the elusive codes of...

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Autor: David Curbelo, Jesús
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Ecuador
Institución:Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar
Repositorio:Revista Andina de Letras y Estudios Culturales
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.uasb.edu.ec:article/957
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/kipus/article/view/957
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:José Lezama Lima
poesía cubana
narrativa cubana
literatura latinoamericana
José Lezama Lima,
Cuban poetry
Cuban narrative
Latin American literature
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Sumario:Because Lezama’s centennial was celebrated in 2010, the Cuban writer pays homage to his fellow countryman through this text, which recounts of Curbelo’s eventual discovery of the works of the author of Paradiso; followed by his amazement as he deciphered, through rigorous study, the elusive codes of Lezama’s poetry as well as the symbolic opulence expressed in his narrative, and how upsetting his essays can be. Curbelo’s reading is a celebration of the totality of Lezama’s literary universe in the continuing deconstruction of the literary genres. As Curbelo points out, his unrelenting and always experimental approach to the works of the Cuban writer is the result of someone who defines himself as “a Lezamian, not a Lezamist, a hue that poses a risk in itself”.