Alejo carpentier was a cuban novelist, essayist, and. All major latin american novelists since the midtwentieth century owe a great debt to him, and many. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content alejo carpentier. Desde sus inicios, carpentier estuvo interesado en indagar en las. Born in lausanne, switzerland, carpentier grew up in havana, cuba, and despite his european birthplace, he strongly selfidentified as cuban throughout his life. Carpentier considered that the social role of writers and artists was indispensable, a responsibility assumed by many of his coevals. Descargue como pdf, txt o lea en linea desde scribd. Alejo carpentier y valmont december 26, 1904 april 24, 1980 was a cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced latin american literature during its famous boom period. It can be safely said that alejo carpentier is the father of todays latin american fiction.
It is sometimes called fabulism, in reference to the conventions of fables, myths, and allegory. Pueden consultarse asimismo como complemento, las declaraciones del autor a. Alejo carpentier was a cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist, who greatly influenced latin american literature during its boom period. He paints a vivid picture of caribbean in this case, haitian colonial life. Lo real y lo maravilloso en revista iberoamericana. Theory and practice of the real maravilloso abstract a study of alejo carpentiers most important innovation, which created the possibility of combining magic and reality in a synthesis offered by the cubans unique version of spanish american literature and life. He was a cuban author who coined the term of this style of writing as lo real maravilloso. Magical realism, perhaps the most common term, often refers to fiction and literature in particular. He was also a musicologist, an essayist, and a playwright. Magical realism, magic realism, or marvelous realism is a style of fiction that paints a realistic view of the modern world while also adding magical elements. Alejo carpentier, in full alejo carpentier y valmont, born december 26, 1904, lausanne, switzerlanddied april 24, 1980, paris, france, a leading latin american literary figure, considered one of the best novelists of the 20th century.
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