Solimán

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Solimán is a character in Alejo Carpentier’s novel "El reino de este mundo," representing one of the enslaved figures caught in the turmoil of the Haitian Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf enslaved person in fiction
fictional character
literary character
appearsInWorkBy Alejo Carpentier NERFINISHED
associatedWithEventInFiction Haitian Revolution NERFINISHED
characterIn El reino de este mundo NERFINISHED
countryOfFictionalSetting Haiti NERFINISHED
createdBy Alejo Carpentier NERFINISHED
depictsHistoricalContext slavery in colonial Saint-Domingue
fictionalUniverse El reino de este mundo NERFINISHED
languageOfWork Spanish
medium novel
nameInOriginalLanguage Solimán NERFINISHED
narrativeRole supporting character
partOfLiteraryMovement Latin American literary modernism
lo real maravilloso tradition
portraysGroup enslaved Africans in the Caribbean
relatedWorkAuthorNationality Cuban
relatedWorkOriginalPublicationLanguage Spanish
setInCentury 18th century
19th century
setInPlace Haiti NERFINISHED
Saint-Domingue NERFINISHED
socialStatusInFiction enslaved person
symbolicFunction embodiment of human cost of colonialism
representation of the enslaved subject in revolution
themeInvolvingCharacter colonial violence
dehumanization under slavery
oppression
resistance
workGenre historical novel
magic realism
workTitleInEnglish The Kingdom of This World NERFINISHED

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