Dreams and realities in the worksof american poets of latino-caribbean origin

• Monica Manolachi ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Bucharest

     University of Bucharest

     Sector 3, Rumanía

     
• Localización: Epos: Revista de filología, ISSN 0213-201X, Nº 41, 2025, págs. 188-210
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.5944/epos.41.2025.46316
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Sueños y realidades en las obras de poetas estadounidenses de origen latino-caribeño
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• Resumen
  • español

    Las representaciones poéticas de los sueños nos ofrecen una perspectiva sugerente a través de la cual los autores de ascendencia latino-caribeña radicados en Estados Unidos exploran la migración, la identidad y el trauma histórico, revelando cómo los individuos navegan la pertenencia y la vida diaspórica. Este trabajo se plantea alrededor de dos ejes: por un lado, examina las pesadillas de pérdida y borrado provocadas por el trauma (neo)colonial, la opresión etnorracial, el desplazamiento y el exilio; por otro, explora las fantasías de fortaleza y supervivencia que surgen de la hibridez cultural, la reconfiguración identitaria y la creatividad artística. El análisis destaca el papel de los sueños como puentes poéticos entre pasado y presente, tierra natal y nueva tierra, impotencia y esperanza, resistencia y reconstrucción. Al iluminar las tensiones entre estos binomios, se aborda el coste psicológico de las transformaciones diaspóricas y poscoloniales, subrayando la importancia del ensueño como espacio de imaginación literaria radical y de expresión estética relevante para la mejora de la vida cotidiana.

  • English

    Poetic representations of dreams offer a compelling lens through which authors of Latino-Caribbean ancestry based in the USA explore migration, identity and historical trauma, revealing how individuals navigate belonging and diasporic life. This paper has two aims: on the one hand, it examines nightmares of loss and erasure caused by (neo)colonial trauma, ethno-racial oppression, displacement and exile; on the other hand, it explores fantasies of strength and survival emerging from cultural hybridity, identity reconfiguration and artistic creativity. The analysis highlights the role of dreams in poetically bridging past and present, homeland and new land, helplessness and hope, resistance and reconstruction. By illuminating the tensions between these binaries, it addresses the psychological toll of diasporic and postcolonial transformations, underscoring the importance of dreaming as a site of radical literary imagination and aesthetic expression relevant to the betterment of daily life.

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