Descolonización y crítica literaria en el Caribe: Ifá como sistema de significación

• Autores: Katia de la Cruz García
• Localización: Sociocriticism, ISSN 0985-5939, Vol. 35, Nº. 2 (Nuevas cartografías decoloniales: el sujeto cultural en el Caribe), 2021
• Idioma: español
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  • español

    El presente artículo propone las religiones de origen afrocaribeño como sistemas de significación en la crítica literaria caribeña. Plantea la presencia dearquetipos estéticos y filosóficos de origen africano en la literatura contemporánea caribeña como elementos principales de análisis y claves en las dinámicas de formación del sujeto cultural de esta área. Se trabaja específicamente el Oráculo de Ifá.

  • English

    This article proposes Ifa, the Yoruba Oracle, and religions of Afro-Caribbean origin as signifying systems in Caribbean literary criticism. It proposes the presence of aesthetic and philosophical archetypes of African origin in contemporary Caribbean literature as main elements of analysis and keys in the dynamics of formation of the cultural subject of this area.

  • français

    Cet article propose de considérer l’Oracle Ifa et les religions d’origine afro-caribéenne comme systèmes de signification dans la critique littéraire caribéenne. Il souligne la présence d’archétypes esthétiques et philosophiques d’origine africaine dans la littérature caribéenne contemporaine et met en valeur leurrôle en tant que clef de lecture et prisme d’analyse pour comprendre la dynamique de formation du sujet culturel dans cette zone.

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