Analysis of the Black Subject as a Political Subject in Two of Alejo Carpentier’s Works: Écue-Yamba-Ó (1933) and El reino de este mundo (1949)

This paper reflects on the character of the black subject in two works by Alejo Carpentier: Écue-Yamba-Ó (1933) and El reino de este mundo (1949). For this purpose, an account is made of the plots and characters of the works, as well as the context in which they were produced, certain critical appro...

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Autor: Montaño Paredes, Joshua
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
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/4225
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/kipus/article/view/4225
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:negrismo
crítica literaria
afrolatinoamérica
política
literatura
Alejo Carpentier
Negrism
Literary Criticism
Afro-Latin America
Politics
Literature
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Sumario:This paper reflects on the character of the black subject in two works by Alejo Carpentier: Écue-Yamba-Ó (1933) and El reino de este mundo (1949). For this purpose, an account is made of the plots and characters of the works, as well as the context in which they were produced, certain critical approaches to them and some theoretical tools taken from the social sciences and the humanities. The purpose of this article is to understand various changes that occurred between the production of these works, with emphasis on their understanding of the black subject as a political subject.