Ti Noël
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Ti Noël is the enslaved Haitian protagonist of Alejo Carpentier’s novel *The Kingdom of This World*, whose life story reflects the brutality, mysticism, and revolutionary upheavals of the Haitian Revolution.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsInContextOf | Haitian Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Haitian Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Haiti
NERFINISHED
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Saint-Domingue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
Vodou
NERFINISHED
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colonial oppression ⓘ freedom ⓘ historical memory ⓘ identity ⓘ magic realism ⓘ mysticism ⓘ racial violence ⓘ revolution ⓘ slavery ⓘ |
| characterIn |
El reino de este mundo
NERFINISHED
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The Kingdom of This World NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Haiti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Alejo Carpentier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicBackground | enslaved African ⓘ |
| experiences |
brutality of plantation slavery
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political upheaval ⓘ regime changes in colonial Saint-Domingue and Haiti ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceInPublicationYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Spanish ⓘ |
| literaryMovementContext | lo real maravilloso ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Latin American modernism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | central figure in early Latin American magic realist narrative ⓘ |
| nameInOriginalLanguage | Ti Noël NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
mediator between the marvelous and the historical
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witness to multiple historical regimes ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist of The Kingdom of This World ⓘ |
| occupation | slave ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
deeply connected to African-derived spiritual practices
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illiterate but perceptive observer ⓘ |
| relatedWorkAuthorNationality | Cuban ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod |
early 19th century
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late 18th century ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
disillusionment with postrevolutionary elites
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the endurance of the enslaved ⓘ the oppressed Black masses of Saint-Domingue ⓘ |
| workGenre |
historical novel
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magic realist novel ⓘ |
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