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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Kingdom of This World canonical | 5 |
| The Kingdom of This World (English translation) | 1 |
| The Kingdom of This World (opera) | 1 |
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Target entity: The Kingdom of This World Context triple: [Latin American Boom, notableWork, The Kingdom of This World]
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A.
Life in a Haitian Valley
Life in a Haitian Valley is a classic ethnographic study by anthropologist Melville J. Herskovits that examines Haitian rural life, culture, and African cultural survivals.
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The New World
The New World is the second volume of Winston Churchill’s historical series "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples," covering the era of exploration, colonization, and the rise of Britain’s overseas empire.
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The New World
The New World is a 2005 historical drama film directed by Terrence Malick that visually reimagines the story of Pocahontas and the early English settlement at Jamestown.
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D.
La Noche Triste
La Noche Triste was a pivotal 1520 episode during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, when Hernán Cortés’s forces suffered a devastating nighttime retreat from Tenochtitlan.
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E.
A Mercy
"A Mercy" is a historical novel by Toni Morrison that explores themes of slavery, motherhood, and identity in 17th-century America through the intertwined lives of several women.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Kingdom of This World Target entity description: 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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A.
Life in a Haitian Valley
Life in a Haitian Valley is a classic ethnographic study by anthropologist Melville J. Herskovits that examines Haitian rural life, culture, and African cultural survivals.
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B.
The New World
The New World is the second volume of Winston Churchill’s historical series "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples," covering the era of exploration, colonization, and the rise of Britain’s overseas empire.
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C.
The New World
The New World is a 2005 historical drama film directed by Terrence Malick that visually reimagines the story of Pocahontas and the early English settlement at Jamestown.
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D.
La Noche Triste
La Noche Triste was a pivotal 1520 episode during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, when Hernán Cortés’s forces suffered a devastating nighttime retreat from Tenochtitlan.
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E.
A Mercy
"A Mercy" is a historical novel by Toni Morrison that explores themes of slavery, motherhood, and identity in 17th-century America through the intertwined lives of several women.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical novel
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magic realist novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| adaptationType | opera ⓘ |
| author | Alejo Carpentier ⓘ |
| character |
Henri Christophe
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Mackandal ⓘ Pauline Bonaparte ⓘ Ti Noël ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Cuba ⓘ |
| depicts |
Haitian Revolution
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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
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Kingdom of This World (opera)
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| hasPageCount | 160 (approximate) ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
The Kingdom of This World
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Kingdom of This World (English translation)
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| influenced | Latin American Boom ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Latin American literature
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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 ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor | early articulation of lo real maravilloso ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| originalTitle | El reino de este mundo ⓘ |
| partOf | Carpentier’s Caribbean cycle ⓘ |
| publisher | Ediciones Lex ⓘ |
| setting | Haiti ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
Haitian Revolution
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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 ⓘ |
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