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Gender
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1979: Receives Prix Medici
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Haitian revolution
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Identity of Latin America
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Magical Realism
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the narration and story in Carpentier's fiction Los pasos perdidos raises an issue of gender
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voodoo
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Henri Christophe, played a prominent role in the war against the __ during the Haitian revolution and eventually rose to become the leader of Haiti
French
Parents were Jorge Julian Carpentier, a __ __, and Lina Valmont, a __ language teacher
French Architect, Russian
He begins participating in journalism and political protests in France in 1922, where he learns about Joyce, Picasso, and Stravinksy. He is heavily influenced by __ music
Stravinksy's
Carpentir challenged the notion of __ __ that shaped Latin American identity by criticizing the work of Columbus, Journal of discovery
historical fact
carpentier used __ __ to symbolize the phallic power
horse's penis
Within 15 turbulent years, a colony of coerced and exploited slaves successfully liberated themselves and radically and permanently __ things. It is a unique case in the history of America
transformed
After the independence, the old order was being challenged, new circumstances, and new peoples combined to create a protentously __ __
turulent time
the audiences who got to watch masculine performativity is __
women
The Haitian model of state formation drove __ fear into the hearts of all whites from Boston to Buenos Aires and shattered their complacency about the unquestioned superiority of their own political model
xenophobia
1965: tours __ giving lecture
France
Haitian Creole is the primary language of voodoo. Creole is the only language spoken by __ of contemporary Haitian, Its grammatical structure is strongly influenced by West African languages, and it uses a largely __ vocab
80%, french
The novel is about __ arrival in the new world
Columbus's
1959: After the success of the Cuban Revolution, he returns to __ from Venezuela
Cuba
1974: El Recurso del metodo and Concierto barroco are published, and __ declared his birthday an official holiday
Cuba
1980: Carpentier died on April 24th at his home in Paris, but he is buried in __. His memoirs are left unfinished
Cuba
In 1939 he returns to __ to work for radio stations and Cuba's National conservatory of Music
Cuba
Travels to Mexico in 1926 and becomes friends with revolutionary painter __ __
Diego Rivera
1961, Travels to Czechoslovakia, __ __, Poland, __, and China
East Germany, Russia
He considered his first book, __ __, to be unsuccessful, and he considers it the work of an amateur
Ecue-Yambo-O
Carpentier used Columbus as a narrator that illustrated __ ideology
Eurocentric
Also in 1922, his __ abandons the family, so Carpentier leaves school to financially support his family as a __ in France
Father, journalist
In 1935 he attended the __ __ of (Anti-Facist) Writers in Defense of Culture in Paris
First Congress
1967: Makes an important speech in __ called the social role of the novelist
Geneva
1975: carpentier is awarded an honorary doctorate degree by the University of ___. He lectures in Venezuela, and these lectures are published as Razon de Ser. He is awarded the alfonso Reyes Prize by Mexico, which is for __ __ achievement
HAvana, lifetime literary
In 1943 he travels to __, which influences his writing The Kingdom of this world
Haiti
Intellectually, the ex-colonialists gave themselves a new name-__- and defined all Haitians as __
Haitians, black
Born in __, Cuba on December 26, 1904
Havana
1976: elected an honorary fellow of the University of __, and travels to bucharest and London
Kansas
1946 __ __ __ __ is published
La Musica en Cuba
In 1937 he attends the Second Congress in Madrid, where he meets people like __ __
Langston Hughes
in 1939 he also marries __ __
Lilia Esteban
1978: King Juan Carlos of __ presents Carpentier with the Miguel de Cervantes Prize
Madrid
1949: The Kingdom of this world is published in __
Mexico
The identity of the __ __ was created by the notion of the West
New World
1966: removed as director of Editorial Nacional de Cuba, but is appointed Cuban Cultural Attache in __, He also lectures in Europe, Morocco, and Russia
Paris
Goes to Europe with his parents and studies for three months at the Licee Jeanson de Sailily in __ in 1912
Paris
Carpentier narrated his story in order to trace back identity of Latin America, In his 1979 novel, El Arpa ya la Sombra (__ __ _ _ _ _), Carpentier made a statement that Latin America is a __ creation
The harp and the shadow, European
1945 moves to Caracas, ___ and works in radio and journalism
Venezueala
some of the voodoo prayers and invocations hold fragments of __ __ languages
West African
Carpentier offered a critique of Eurocentrism. he also thated that __ civilization didn't understand the sense of Latin AMerica
Wester
In 1928 Carpentier leaves Cuba for France and writes a burlesque tragedy called __ that is staged in Paris
Yamba-O
Despite their obvious differences, voodoo was heavily influenced by __. Because the french slaveholders were catholic, they made baptism mandatory
catholicism
As only the second state to declare its independence in the Americas, Haiti had no viable __ __ to follow
administrative models
Begins studying __ at Havana University in 1922
architecture
built as an ultimate bastion for those who would seek the enslave black people again, it endures as a monument to black resolution and __
aspiration
columbus fiction was also determined by __ texts
authority
However, his first ballet, El Milagro de Anaquille" is where, we notice, then, Carpentiers anti-imperialist protest, his use of proletarian and __ __, and his interest in __ __
black characters, local beliefs
In voodoo, the person consists of various parts: the __ or the physical being and after death, the __, which can consist of 2 to four souls, the most common being the gro bonanj and the ti bonanj
body, soul
however, the narrator found out that life in the jungle and in the __ were the same. Male dominant culture existed in both places
city
carpentier addressed columbus's work as fiction. He thought that the fiction were motivated by modern western ___ value.
civilization
Gro bonanj is related to __ or __
consciousness, personality
carpentier claimed that Columbus's sources were not __. Columbus only used sources to persuade people to believe in his words
credible
Carpentier uses magical realism to express __ of Latin AMerica
culture
Although he was virtually bilingual and had been to school in France, it is plain that after 1928 he experienced in Paris a kind of __ that awakened in him a passionate interest in the __ __ he had been forced to leave
cultureshock, Latin America
1962, Becomes __ of Editorial Nacional de Cuba
director
A person's spirit is connected to certain iwas, and a person who venerates particular spirits can petition for help from those spirits and the qualites and powers that they possess, linking humans with the __
divine
Carpentier argued that columbus's image of the new world is __ and __
fictional, imaginary
The use of women in Carpentier's novel is to indicate the nature of __ of men character
heterosexuality
Throughout the novel, the narrator entered the __ where he thought it was very natural
junlge
christophe learned about other world leaders and incorporated some of their leadership policies into his own beliefs. One shuch belief was that Haiti would gain more respect if it had a __, so he had himself declared king of Haitie in 1811
king
New World reality is Europeanized and reshaped in European mold through __
language
His __ __ was influenced by cubism and surrealism
magical realism
In the story, Carpentier depicted his main character as a __ __ __
man in charge
The skill that men had was to perform __
masculinity
women were used by Carpentier as proof of ___, women appreciated it
masculinity
In the last years of his reign, he channeled Haitian energies on a massive scale into building an impregnable __ __, the citidel, one of the architectural wonders of the world
mountain fortress
Voodoo is an inseparable part of Haitian art, literature, music, and film. Hymns are played on the radio and voodoo ceremonies are broadcasted on television along with Christian services. __ and __ are key elements to voodoo ceremonies
music, dance
Both of Carpentier's parents were __, and he inherited his love of music from them, as well as the __ __. As a child he suffered from Asthma, so he spent much of his childhood in the __ __
musical, French language, Cuban Countryside
Henri Christophe was one of the three black generals who led Haiti's slave revolution and defended it successfully in a war of independnece against the armies of __
napoleon
By his work, we can assume that Latin Americans at that time __ believe in supernatural events
naturally
Then he believed that by creating a Haitian lineage of __, and having several palaces built for himself and his family would add authenticity to the rank and the title of nobility
nobility
Marvelous genre ensures that the readers see the world in the novel as a world different from the __ world
normal
female characters became __ for the narrator
obstacles
The definition of magical realism was originally developed from __, it is the form of art that doesn't conform to reality
painting
In ten years of sustained internal and international warfare, a colony populated predominately by __ __ overthrew both its colonial status and its economic system and established a new political state of entirely free individuals-with some ex-slaves constituting the new political authority
plantation slaves
In 1927 he is imprisoned for __ __ after helping to found the Revista de Avance in Cuba
political protest
New world civilization was motivated by __ __ of the West
political strategy
masculinity signifies __
power
Carpentier addresses Columbus as a new Adam who had authority to name the __ of the New World
realities
When marvelous combines with __, they produce magical realism, where real world and supernatural coexist
reality
Christophe made Haiti a kingdom and himself king as one further step in his single-minded dedication to established a secure and prosperous black nation that would command the __ of the nations of the world
respect
The Haitian revolution represents the most thorough case study of __ __ change anywhere in the history of the modern world
revolutionary change
many voodoo practicioners hid their beliefs and rituals but continued to practice them under the guise of catholicism. Among slaves, catholicism was viewed as a way to continue and expand their religion at the level of __ and __ rather than theology
rite, image
However, carpentier used irony to deflate this gender idea, the narrator who was depicted as phallocentric had __ __ in his sexual power
self-doubt
Christophe was born in Grenada and brought to Haiti as a __. Prior to becoming oriented to military service, Christophe worked as a mason, a stable hand, and a waiter at an inn. He was later bought by the master who operated the inn, where he became skillful in dealing with the wealthy white __ __ __
slave, french plantation owners
interactions among __ created this amalgation of belifs, deities, and ritual practices. Voodoo arrived in North America when the first Africans landed in Jamestown in 1619 as indentured servant
slaves
In Haiti, all citizens were legally equal, regardless of color, race, or condition. Equally important, the example of Haiti convincingly refuted the ridiculous notion that slavery produced __ __ among slaves and persons of African descent
social death
although many of the names of voodoo deities can be traced back to their African origins, these spiritual beings were transformed and adapted to a new land of __ __ context
socio-cultural
Publishes Ecue-Yambo-O in Madrid in 1933. During 1933 he is working in __ __ and __ for a French radio station. In december of this year Histoire de lunes is published in Cahiers du Sud
sound-effects, music
The purpose of the dancing ritual is an expression of spiritually to connect with the __, gifts and animal sacrifices are offered to gain favor
spirits
the ti bonang or little guardian angel is regarded as __ __
spiritual energy
Alejo Carpentier uses the word marvelous real genre to define his work. Marvelous means __ or __, not __
strange, supernatural, beautiful
the religion of voodoo originated on the __ __ of Haiti
sugar plantations