Urban Landscape and Visual Arts in El acoso (1956) by Alejo Carpentier
This article inquires into the purpose that visual arts serve in El acoso (1956), the novel from Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier, specifically when describing or referring to urban landscapes. In that novel, whose main action runs entirely at the cuban capitol city of La Habana, harassment endured by...
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Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/recial/article/view/24846 |
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| Sumario: | This article inquires into the purpose that visual arts serve in El acoso (1956), the novel from Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier, specifically when describing or referring to urban landscapes. In that novel, whose main action runs entirely at the cuban capitol city of La Habana, harassment endured by its main character is mirrored by the antique city architecture, that stand against the arrival of modern times; also, photography serves as the key to a retrospective of the main character –and presents itself as the model for the narrative structure; finally, La Habana is presented as a collage-city: a city characterized by the ensemble of heterogeneous elements. |
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