Lo real maravilloso y el realismo animista: la fe y la revolución en obras de Carpentier y Pepetela

• Main Author: Paloma de Melo Henrique
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra 2016-12-01
• Series: e-cadernos ces
• Subjects: animism; animist realism; Carpentier; marvellous realism; Pepetela; revolution
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/eces/2142

This article aims to outline aspects concerning the Latin American literary concepts of Magic realism and Marvellous realism, as well as to compare the latter with the concept of Animist Realism. The work of Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier, The Kingdom of this World, concerning the Haitian Revolution, and the book by Angolan writer Pepetela, A geração da utopia, which addresses the Angolan War of Independence, will be used as examples, since they showcase some of the literary assumptions of their authors in regard to the Marvellous and Animist realism.