“La fijeza”: the hope of the temporary progression through the image of the Caribbean location

This is a text derivated from the presentation “La fijeza: tiempo y espacio insulares”, in the 38th Conference of the Caribbean Studies Association, on June 4th, 2013 at Grenada Grand Beach Resort, Grand Anse, Grenada. Lezama Lima was a Cuban poet, essayist, and novelist considered as well as Alejo...

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Main Author: Ana Carolina Ochoa Roa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2016-01-01
Series:Catedral Tomada: Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana
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Online Access:http://catedraltomada.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/catedraltomada/article/view/97
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description This is a text derivated from the presentation “La fijeza: tiempo y espacio insulares”, in the 38th Conference of the Caribbean Studies Association, on June 4th, 2013 at Grenada Grand Beach Resort, Grand Anse, Grenada. Lezama Lima was a Cuban poet, essayist, and novelist considered as well as Alejo Carpentier, one of the greatest figures of the Caribbean island literature. His detailed knowledge of the baroque literature specially Góngora’s poetry, and also his necessity of fixing a Cuban identity, allowed him to propose a very innovative esthetic which goes beyond the disenchantment proper of the baroque. The verses of “La fijeza” are some examples of this vision. In this order of ideas, the purpose of this work in to present the analysis of some poems of “La fijeza” in order to explain the manner in which Lezama distances himself from the baroque disenchantment conception of the world and how, at the same time, he presents verses of hope, identity and universalism by means of presenting the poetic image of the Caribbean scenery and its spatio-temporal relationships in a way to explain a vision of the poetry as privileged way to re-create the world.
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spelling doaj.art-20f4bc9313324cf4b6f342ca66f369be2022-12-21T23:28:38ZengUniversity Library System, University of PittsburghCatedral Tomada: Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana2169-08472016-01-013511812910.5195/ct/2015.9743“La fijeza”: the hope of the temporary progression through the image of the Caribbean locationAna Carolina Ochoa Roa0Pontificia Universidad JaverianaThis is a text derivated from the presentation “La fijeza: tiempo y espacio insulares”, in the 38th Conference of the Caribbean Studies Association, on June 4th, 2013 at Grenada Grand Beach Resort, Grand Anse, Grenada. Lezama Lima was a Cuban poet, essayist, and novelist considered as well as Alejo Carpentier, one of the greatest figures of the Caribbean island literature. His detailed knowledge of the baroque literature specially Góngora’s poetry, and also his necessity of fixing a Cuban identity, allowed him to propose a very innovative esthetic which goes beyond the disenchantment proper of the baroque. The verses of “La fijeza” are some examples of this vision. In this order of ideas, the purpose of this work in to present the analysis of some poems of “La fijeza” in order to explain the manner in which Lezama distances himself from the baroque disenchantment conception of the world and how, at the same time, he presents verses of hope, identity and universalism by means of presenting the poetic image of the Caribbean scenery and its spatio-temporal relationships in a way to explain a vision of the poetry as privileged way to re-create the world.http://catedraltomada.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/catedraltomada/article/view/97lezamian poetry, chronotope, fixity, hope, Cuban identity.
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“La fijeza”: the hope of the temporary progression through the image of the Caribbean location
Catedral Tomada: Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana
lezamian poetry, chronotope, fixity, hope, Cuban identity.
title “La fijeza”: the hope of the temporary progression through the image of the Caribbean location
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title_short “La fijeza”: the hope of the temporary progression through the image of the Caribbean location
title_sort la fijeza the hope of the temporary progression through the image of the caribbean location
topic lezamian poetry, chronotope, fixity, hope, Cuban identity.
url http://catedraltomada.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/catedraltomada/article/view/97
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