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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