André and Simone Schwarz-Bart's Ethno-Romance

• Autor(a) principal: Menezes, Filipe Amaral Rocha de
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Gyssels , Kathleen
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Arquivo Maaravi: Revista Digital de Estudos Judaicos da UFMG
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/maaravi/article/view/23874
• topic: Mestiçagem; Literatura Caribenha; Literatura Judaica; André Schwarz-Bart; Simone Schwarz-Bart; Cultural Crossbreeding; Caribbean Literature.; Jewish Literature; André Schwarz-Bart; Simone Schwarz-Bart

In his archives and through testimonies of his wife, André SchwarzBart showed a strong interest in anthropological research, which can be measured in his work during his stays in Guyana and Senegal or even in Guadeloupe, the Caribbean. The anthropological basis of André and Simone Schwarz-Bart's novels will be analyzed in this article, with emphasis on Caribbean and Ashkenazi references, assessing their important contribution to anthropological research. Using examples from Le Dernier des Juste, L'Étoile du matin, Pluie et vent sur Télumée Miracle, the universal anthropological search for these communities in a “contact zone” will be demonstrated: initiation rituals, birth ceremonies and funerals, the spiritual quest, the trance phenomenon and alter/native religions.