Landscape, Identity and Nation in the Postcolonial Caribbean: Edouard Glissant and Derek Walcott
The role of landscape is central in Caribbean discourse; it overcomes the category of décor consentant and emerges as an enérgeia that propels man into himself and into his self recognition. After the erosion of identity caused by the Atlantic crossing, the scission between subject and pla...
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| description | The role of landscape is central in Caribbean discourse; it overcomes the category of décor consentant
and emerges as an enérgeia that propels man into himself and into his self recognition. After the erosion
of identity caused by the Atlantic crossing, the scission between subject and place caused by the middle
passage and the negotiation of an in between space adapted to the New World, the Caribbean postcolonial cultural subject develops a transnational identity. An identity attached to the landscape and scenery, crossed by horizons, in a perpetual contraband of tongues, ethnic groups and borders. This identity has the certainty of belonging to a New World, which is constructs its nations beyond the monuments and documents inherited from the Empire. The Caribbean emerges as a rebellious wave that spills its water on new beaches of memory. The poetics of the Caribbean build Nation from the imagination, as Derek Walcott proposes. On the other hand, Edouard Glissant speaks about une poétique de la relation in the Caribbean, a poetic of exuberance and ecstasies, a poetical outcome for the shipwrecked. The analysis of these unpreced ented imaginaries will take us from Literary Studies to Anthropology, Ethnography and Cultural Studies. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.revistas.uptc.edu.co:article-72832022-06-15T15:34:44Z Landscape, Identity and Nation in the Postcolonial Caribbean: Edouard Glissant and Derek Walcott Paisaje, identidad y nación en el Caribe poscolonial: Edouard Glissant y Derek Walcott Maglia, Graciela Landscape Caribbean identity transnationa postcolonial Walcott Glissant poetics Paisaje Caribe identidad transnacional poscolonial Walcott Glissant poética. The role of landscape is central in Caribbean discourse; it overcomes the category of décor consentant and emerges as an enérgeia that propels man into himself and into his self recognition. After the erosion of identity caused by the Atlantic crossing, the scission between subject and place caused by the middle passage and the negotiation of an in between space adapted to the New World, the Caribbean postcolonial cultural subject develops a transnational identity. An identity attached to the landscape and scenery, crossed by horizons, in a perpetual contraband of tongues, ethnic groups and borders. This identity has the certainty of belonging to a New World, which is constructs its nations beyond the monuments and documents inherited from the Empire. The Caribbean emerges as a rebellious wave that spills its water on new beaches of memory. The poetics of the Caribbean build Nation from the imagination, as Derek Walcott proposes. On the other hand, Edouard Glissant speaks about une poétique de la relation in the Caribbean, a poetic of exuberance and ecstasies, a poetical outcome for the shipwrecked. The analysis of these unpreced ented imaginaries will take us from Literary Studies to Anthropology, Ethnography and Cultural Studies. El rol del paisaje es cardinal en el discurso caribeño: supera su categoría de décor consentant y emerge como una enérgeia que impulsa al hombre a sumergirse dentro de él y re-conocerse. Luego de la erosión identitaria que marcó la travesía atlántica, la escisión entre sujeto y lugar que representó la ruta media y las instancias de negociación en la grieta que instaló su adaptación al Nuevo Mundo, el sujeto cultural poscolonial del Caribe desarrolla una identidad transnacional, atada a su paisaje atravesado de horizontes, en un contrabando perpetuo de lenguas, etnias y fronteras, con la certeza de pertenecer a un mundo nuevo, que construye sus naciones más allá de los monumentos y documentos heredados del imperio. El Caribe emerge en una ola rebelde que se vuelca en nuevas playas de la memoria. Las poéticas del Caribe construyen la nación desde la imaginación, como lo formula Derek Walcott. Por su parte, Edouard Glissant habla de une poétique de la relation en el Caribe, poética de la exuberancia y del éxtasis, salida poética para el náufrago. El análisis de estos inéditos imaginarios nos llevará desde los estudios literarios, hacia la antropología, la etnografía y los estudios interdisciplinarios de la cultura. Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2017-09-16 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf application/xml https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/la_palabra/article/view/7283 10.19053/01218530.n31.2017.7283 La Palabra; No. 31 (2017): Special issue: Literature – Society/Culture July- December; 89-99 La Palabra; Núm. 31 (2017): Número especial: Literatura – Sociedad /Cultura. julio-diciembre; 89-99 La Palabra; n. 31 (2017): Julho-Dezembro; 89-99 2346-3864 0121-8530 spa https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/la_palabra/article/view/7283/5958 https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/la_palabra/article/view/7283/8088 Derechos de autor 2017 LA PALABRA |
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| title | Landscape, Identity and Nation in the Postcolonial Caribbean: Edouard Glissant and Derek Walcott |
| title_alt | Paisaje, identidad y nación en el Caribe poscolonial: Edouard Glissant y Derek Walcott |
| title_full | Landscape, Identity and Nation in the Postcolonial Caribbean: Edouard Glissant and Derek Walcott |
| title_fullStr | Landscape, Identity and Nation in the Postcolonial Caribbean: Edouard Glissant and Derek Walcott |
| title_full_unstemmed | Landscape, Identity and Nation in the Postcolonial Caribbean: Edouard Glissant and Derek Walcott |
| title_short | Landscape, Identity and Nation in the Postcolonial Caribbean: Edouard Glissant and Derek Walcott |
| title_sort | landscape identity and nation in the postcolonial caribbean edouard glissant and derek walcott |
| topic | Landscape Caribbean identity transnationa postcolonial Walcott Glissant poetics Paisaje Caribe identidad transnacional poscolonial Walcott Glissant poética. |
| topic_facet | Landscape Caribbean identity transnationa postcolonial Walcott Glissant poetics Paisaje Caribe identidad transnacional poscolonial Walcott Glissant poética. |
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