JUVEN

The Marvellous Real of the mouse’s last hit: Encanto

4/2/2022

 
Spoilers for encanto and mention of political violence.

“The marvelous begins to be unmistakably marvelous when it arises from an unexpected alteration of reality (the miracle), from a privileged revelation of reality, [...]  perceived with particular intensity by virtue of an exaltation of the spirit that leads it to a kind of extreme state [estado limite]. To begin with, the phenomenon of the marvelous presupposes faith.” Alejo Carpentier.

When Jared Bush & Co. decided to set the next Disney hit in Colombia they met with Alejandra Espinosa; principal consultant of history and culture of the country. Amongst all the things she shared with them so that this movie wouldn’t be the disaster that was Raya and The Last Dragon (watch: How Disney Commodifies Culture), there was the subject of magical realism.

She told them, “Stop,” when they started talking about the genre, “Magical Realism isn’t taking free magic and putting it in a wild context”. Instead she asked them to look at the Marvelous Real of Alejo Carpentier, “Understanding our identity from our hispanic, indigenous and african roots”.

Read More
0 Comments

Why You Should Love Literary Fiction as Much as I Do

3/29/2022

 
I have been reading, writing, and analyzing literary fiction for half a decade. Lit Fic has been of interest to me for a third of my life, and I still cannot tell you how to define literary fiction. Google did not have a clear definition, but I have my definition, and if you stick around, I can offer you that.
​

And I can try to tell you why I am prepared to spend the rest of my life studying a genre I do not even know how to define.

Read More
0 Comments

    Categories

    All
    Adventure
    Book Reviews
    Camp Nano
    Comedy
    Crime
    Fiction
    Film/Play
    Graphic Novels
    Historical Fiction
    Holidays
    Horror/Thriller
    Interviews
    Juven
    LGBTQ
    Literary Fiction
    NaNoWriMo
    Nonfiction
    Paranormal
    Plot
    Poetry
    Pride
    Revision
    Romance
    Sci Fi/Fantasy
    Slice Of Life
    Summer-camp
    Tragedy
    Transition
    Young Adult

    Archives

    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021

Issues

About

Blog

Submit

Contact

Copyright © 2021
  • Home
  • Read Juven
  • Submit
  • Blog
  • Masthead
  • Contact
  • Home
  • Read Juven
  • Submit
  • Blog
  • Masthead
  • Contact