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Title
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DU FANTASTIQUE FRANÇAIS AU RÉEL MERVEILLEUX HAÏTIEN : L’INCONTOURNABLE VA-ET-VIENT LITTÉRAIRE.
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Creator
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Noel, Lochard, Esquilín, Mary Ann Gosser, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
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Abstract/Description
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French literature has undoubtedly exerted a marked influence over Haitian letters. Since the Middle Ages, notable elements of the fantastic, such as loups-garous and talking animals in lais and fables, all the way to the unheimlich narratives of the nineteenth century, are also present in Haitian works with strong overtones of the oral traditions of slave narratives. However, Haitian literature, given its syncretic nature, offers not just an array of talking animals and “magic realist”...
Show moreFrench literature has undoubtedly exerted a marked influence over Haitian letters. Since the Middle Ages, notable elements of the fantastic, such as loups-garous and talking animals in lais and fables, all the way to the unheimlich narratives of the nineteenth century, are also present in Haitian works with strong overtones of the oral traditions of slave narratives. However, Haitian literature, given its syncretic nature, offers not just an array of talking animals and “magic realist” episodes, but a unique “fantastic being,” the zombie. In turn, these figures have made their way not just into the Haitian folkloric tradition, but infused with political undertones, have become pivotal metaphors for contemporary Haitian writers on the island, as well as for those who write in the diaspora, to explore the nation’s oppressive governments. This dissertation traces the origins of such figures and their creative reincarnations today.
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Date Issued
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2020
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013598
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Subject Headings
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Haitian literature, Comparative literature, French literature, Fantastic literature
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Document (PDF)
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Title
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Mirror of desire: black dramatic representations of the Haitian revolution.
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Creator
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Velcy, Horldring, Dalleo, P. Raphael, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
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Abstract/Description
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This thesis analyzes three of the plays inspired by the Haitian Revolution and written by black playwrights. The first chapter covers William Edgar Easton’s Dessalines, a Dramatic Tale: A Single Chapter from Haiti’s History. It discusses Easton’s decision to depict Dessalines as a man of faith, a believer, a Christian. The second chapter employs Langston Hughes’ play, Troubled Island, to argue Dessalines’ modernity. The third play, by Saint Lucian playwright Derek Walcott, is The Haitian...
Show moreThis thesis analyzes three of the plays inspired by the Haitian Revolution and written by black playwrights. The first chapter covers William Edgar Easton’s Dessalines, a Dramatic Tale: A Single Chapter from Haiti’s History. It discusses Easton’s decision to depict Dessalines as a man of faith, a believer, a Christian. The second chapter employs Langston Hughes’ play, Troubled Island, to argue Dessalines’ modernity. The third play, by Saint Lucian playwright Derek Walcott, is The Haitian Earth. The thesis concludes with a brief discussion of his play and its contribution to black consciousness. I propose that the revolution plays a major role in World History, and argue that the Haitian Revolution served as a looking glass to many African Americans in search of a black identity.
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Date Issued
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2014
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004169, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004169
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Subject Headings
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Easton, William Edgar -- 1861- -- Dessalines, a dramatic tale : a single chapter from Haiti's history -- Criticism and interpretation, Haiti -- History -- Revolution, 1791-1804, Haiti -- In literature, Hughes, Langston -- 1902-1967 -- Troubled island -- Criticism and interpretation, Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature, Walcott, Derek -- Haitian earth -- Criticism and interpretation
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Document (PDF)