Primarily, Alejo Carpentier’s “The Kingdom of This World” is a book which surrounds itself with themes of conflict. Through portraying the violence that slave revolts might bring, as well as comparing it to the actual trauma that comes through the Haitian slave trade, it mirrors the internal struggle of ideology inherent in its […]
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week6. pedro páramo – As someone who previously didn’t know much about magical realism at all, I think Pedro Páramo was the best first impression I could have been given. Though I did read 100 Years of Solitude previously, I have to be honest and say I don’t remember a lot of it. Probably because I […]
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This was an interesting read. After being left in much confusion from last week’s reading, it was definitely nice to have an idea as to what was going on at the end of the page, not to say that it wasn’t challenging in its own way however. I tend to ha…
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This was an interesting read. After being left in much confusion from last week’s reading, it was definitely nice to have an idea as to what was going on at the end of the page, not to say that it wasn’t challenging in its own way however. I tend to ha…
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Hi everyone! I hope everyone is surviving their midterms! I have to say I rather enjoyed this book. I am a big believer in ghosts, spirits, and honestly anything supernatural. That being said, I haven’t read or watched many interpretations of gho…
Hi everyone! I hope everyone is surviving their midterms! I have to say I rather enjoyed this book. I am a big believer in ghosts, spirits, and honestly anything supernatural. That being said, I haven’t read or watched many interpretations of gho…
Juan Rulfo’s Pedro Parámo employed a non-linear storytelling structure that weaves together past and present timelines of Comala, as seen from the perspectives of various characters, predominantly Juan and Pedro. Though the structure can be perplexing, the theme of timelessness was one aspect that I appreciated about the book, which I believe serves to emphasize […]
Hey everyone, This week’s reading was a little better to analyze than last week’s Labyrinth. I enjoyed Juan Rulfo’s use of memory in the novel and allowed us to focus on how powerful it can be. The use of memory alongside death were quite strong in the novel and. The dead residents of Comala are […]
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Overall, I found that I enjoyed Alejo Carpentier’s novel, The Kingdom of This World, the most out of any text we have read so far this term. Not necessarily for any definable reason, although my cynical side wants to say I liked it because it was short. Regardless, it was interesting to read about Latin […]
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I found the structure of this book to be similar to Azuela’s The Underdogs, following the same progressive story split by short chapters. Carpentier’s The Kingdom of This World, though, has titled chapters that I found excellently highlighted the topic of each part. Whether it was utilized for foreshadowing or emphasizing a relevant phrase, the […]
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