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The Power of the Archive in El negro Francisco by Antonio Zambrana
During most of the 19th century, an important body of literary works appeared outside of Cuba criticizing the institution of slavery on the island, the system’s inherent violence, its sexual practices, and its repercussions on the white population. Among
Jorge Camacho
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Miedo blanco y amenaza negra: ejemplos de resistencia afrocubana en Cecilia Valdés
Durante el siglo XIX, aumentó drásticamente la importación de esclavos africanos en Cuba. El miedo a rebeliones y a la conquista de nuevos espacios por parte de la población afrodescendiente condujo a los intelectuales a tratar la cuestión del negro en ...
Juliana Fillies Testa Muñoz
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: The text is the first English translation of Cirilo Villaverde’s 1839 “primitive” Cecilia Valdés, a short story that the author penned decades before publishing his canonical novel by the same name.
Thomas Genova
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"Il Manzoni" en Cecilia Valdés
Adhiriéndose al modelo histórico-romántico de Alejandro Manzoni, Cirilo Villaverde sigue con fidelidad la estructura narrativa de I Promessi Sposi en Cecilia Valdés.
Cristina Guzzo
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A função narrativa de María de Regla em Cecilia Valdés de Cirilo Villaverde
Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar a importante função narrativa que desempenha a personagem María de Regla na obra mais famosa de Cirilo Villaverde, Cecilia Valdés. Aparentemente secundária nos primeiros capítulos do romance, vamos nos dando conta de sua importância no decorrer da obra, especialmente nos capítulos VIII e IX da terceira parte ...
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Paisaje insular: mujer, noche y nación en Cirilo Villaverde
El siglo XIX significa para Cuba un período de surgimiento y consolidación en el terreno de la narrativa.1 No solamente cristaliza el proceso de formación identitario del pueblo cubano, sino que surgen expresiones culturales de notable calidad estética que identifican a la nación como una entidad autóctona, diferente de la colonia española.
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Foundational Frustrations: Incest and Incompletion in Cirilo Villaverde’s Cecilia Valdés
In its canonical 1882 form, Cirilo Villaverde’s well-known novel Cecilia Valdés tells the story of the illicit relations between the creole aristocrat Leonardo Gamboa and the mulata Cecilia Valdés who, unbeknownst to them both, is his half-sister.1 The relationship ends in tragedy when Leonardo, after marrying the creole heiress Isabel Illincheta, is ...
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In nineteenth-century Cuba, a politically influential group of Creole intellectuals, writers and literary critics, headed by Domingo del Monte, sought to replace the ruling Peninsular hegemony by creating a national literary institution under which they could consolidate their power.
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