The Kingdom of This World
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The Kingdom of This World is a landmark novel by Alejo Carpentier that exemplifies the Latin American Boom’s blend of historical narrative and magical realism, depicting the Haitian Revolution through a richly baroque style.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical novel
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magic realist novel → novel → |
| adaptationType | opera → |
| author | Alejo Carpentier NERFINISHED → |
| character |
Henri Christophe
NERFINISHED
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Mackandal NERFINISHED → Pauline Bonaparte NERFINISHED → Ti Noël NERFINISHED → |
| countryOfOrigin | Cuba NERFINISHED → |
| depicts |
Haitian Revolution
NERFINISHED
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rise and fall of Henri Christophe → slave uprisings in Saint-Domingue → |
| firstEnglishPublicationDate | 1957 → |
| firstPublicationDate | 1949 → |
| genre |
historical fiction
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magic realism → |
| hasAdaptation | The Kingdom of This World (opera) NERFINISHED → |
| hasPageCount | 160 (approximate) → |
| hasTranslation | The Kingdom of This World (English translation) NERFINISHED → |
| influenced | Latin American Boom NERFINISHED → |
| literaryMovement |
Latin American literature
NERFINISHED
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magic realism → |
| literarySignificance |
foundational work of magic realism in Latin America
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landmark of Latin American narrative experimentation → |
| mainCharacter | Ti Noël NERFINISHED → |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration → |
| notableFor | early articulation of lo real maravilloso → |
| originalLanguage | Spanish → |
| originalTitle | El reino de este mundo NERFINISHED → |
| partOf | Carpentier’s Caribbean cycle NERFINISHED → |
| publisher | Ediciones Lex NERFINISHED → |
| setting | Haiti NERFINISHED → |
| settingPeriod |
Haitian Revolution
NERFINISHED
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early 19th century → late 18th century → |
| style |
baroque prose
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marvelous real → |
| theme |
Afro-Caribbean religion
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colonialism → freedom → identity → power and tyranny → revolution → slavery → violence → |
| translator | Harriet de Onís NERFINISHED → |
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