Manuel Zapata Olivella and the ''Darkening'' of Latin American Literature (Afro-Romance Writers)

164 Pages·2005·0.92 MB·English

by  Antonio D. Tillis

Manuel Zapata Olivella
AND THE
“Darkening”
OF
Latin American Literature
Afro-Romance Writers
This series is intended to promote scholarship on black writers of
French, English, Portuguese, and Spanish expression from the
Americas and Africa.
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Series Editors
MARVIN A. LEWIS
M. J. MURATORE
Manuel Zapata Olivella
AND THE
“Darkening”
OF
Latin American Literature
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A D. T
NTONIO ILLIS
University of Missouri Press
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Tillis,Antonio D.
Manuel Zapata Olivella and the “darkening”of Latin America
literature / Antonio D.Tillis.
p. cm.— (Afro-romance writers)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8262-1578-5 (alk.paper)
1. Zapata Olivella,Manuel—Criticism and interpretation.
2. Blacks in literature. I. Title. II. Series.
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Quotations from the works of Manuel Zapata Olivella
are used with the permission of the author.
TO
current and future scholars/researchers in the field of Afro-Hispanic studies,
this volume is respectfully dedicated.
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TO
Doc, Professor Marvin A. Lewis,
for his continued belief in my possibilities as a scholar/educator
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TO
my aunt Geraldine Aldridge
for her unyielding support, confidence, and love.
AND
In loving memory of my mother,
Bettye Jean Tillis
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CONTENTS
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Acknowledgments ix
Abbreviations xi
Introduction 1
Chapter I
Tierra mojada
The Genesis of an Africanized Literary Trajectory 10
Chapter II
From Region to Nation to North America 25
Chapter III
La Calle 10, En Chimá, and Chambacú
The “Boom”in Colombian Violence,Hunger,Resistance,and Hope 45
Chapter IV
Manuel Zapata Olivella
The Postmodern Writer 70
Chapter V
An Exploration of Postcolonial Tri-ethnicity in Levántate mulato,
Las claves mágicas de América, and Changó, el gran putas 86
Chapter VI
From the Americas to Africa
Hemingway,the Death Stalker 110
Conclusion
The Darkening of Latin American Literature 126
Bibliography 133
Index 141
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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I wish to acknowledge the following for their contributions to this proj-
ect: Marvin A. Lewis and M. J. Muratore, the Afro-Romance Writers
series editors;the Afro-Romance Institute for Languages and Literatures
of the African Diaspora at the University of Missouri–Columbia, the
School of Liberal Arts dean’s office at Purdue University for providing
funds through the Dean’s Incentive Grant and Matilda Stokes for her
assistance. All translations in English are my own.