lo real maravilloso americano
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Lo real maravilloso americano is a literary-aesthetic concept coined by Alejo Carpentier to describe the uniquely marvelous, myth-infused, and historically rich reality of Latin America that naturally blends the fantastic with the everyday.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La expresión americana | 1 |
| lo real maravilloso | 1 |
| lo real maravilloso americano canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1261127 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: lo real maravilloso americano Context triple: [Alejo Carpentier, notableConcept, lo real maravilloso americano]
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A.
An American Dream
"An American Dream" is a 1965 novel by Norman Mailer that blends psychological drama, crime, and social critique to explore violence, masculinity, and moral decay in mid-20th-century America.
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B.
America's Sweetheart
America's Sweetheart is the famous nickname of silent film star Mary Pickford, reflecting her immense popularity and wholesome public image in early Hollywood.
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C.
The American Dream
The American Dream is a one-act absurdist play by Edward Albee that satirically critiques the emptiness and materialism underlying mid-20th-century American family life and values.
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D.
Mistress America
Mistress America is a 2015 indie comedy film directed by Noah Baumbach and co-written by and starring Greta Gerwig, following a lonely college freshman who is drawn into the chaotic life of her soon-to-be stepsister in New York City.
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E.
The American Way
The American Way is a 1939 Broadway patriotic pageant-play co-written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman that dramatizes the experiences of an immigrant family across generations in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: lo real maravilloso americano Target entity description: Lo real maravilloso americano is a literary-aesthetic concept coined by Alejo Carpentier to describe the uniquely marvelous, myth-infused, and historically rich reality of Latin America that naturally blends the fantastic with the everyday.
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A.
An American Dream
"An American Dream" is a 1965 novel by Norman Mailer that blends psychological drama, crime, and social critique to explore violence, masculinity, and moral decay in mid-20th-century America.
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B.
America's Sweetheart
America's Sweetheart is the famous nickname of silent film star Mary Pickford, reflecting her immense popularity and wholesome public image in early Hollywood.
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C.
The American Dream
The American Dream is a one-act absurdist play by Edward Albee that satirically critiques the emptiness and materialism underlying mid-20th-century American family life and values.
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D.
Mistress America
Mistress America is a 2015 indie comedy film directed by Noah Baumbach and co-written by and starring Greta Gerwig, following a lonely college freshman who is drawn into the chaotic life of her soon-to-be stepsister in New York City.
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E.
The American Way
The American Way is a 1939 Broadway patriotic pageant-play co-written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman that dramatizes the experiences of an immigrant family across generations in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aesthetic concept
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critical term ⓘ literary concept ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Caribbean literature
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Latin American baroque tradition ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Alejo Carpentier
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Latin American baroque ⓘ
linked to:
Colonial Baroque
magical realism ⓘ |
| coreIdea |
history and myth are inseparable in Latin America
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the extraordinary emerges from everyday life ⓘ the marvelous is inherent in American reality ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Cuba ⓘ |
| creator | Alejo Carpentier ⓘ |
| describedIn |
essays by Alejo Carpentier
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prologue to El reino de este mundo ⓘ |
| differentFrom |
European surrealism
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fantasy as pure invention ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
continuity between myth and history
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embeddedness of the fantastic in social reality ⓘ ontological reality of the marvelous ⓘ |
| field |
Latin American studies
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aesthetics ⓘ literary theory ⓘ |
| hasInfluencedWork |
El reino de este mundo
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Latin American historical novels ⓘ Los pasos perdidos ⓘ |
| hasPart |
baroque sensibility
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blend of fantastic and real ⓘ cultural syncretism ⓘ mythic imagination ⓘ |
| influenced |
Latin American narrative
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boom latinoamericano ⓘ magical realism ⓘ postcolonial literary criticism ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Latin American reality
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everyday life ⓘ history ⓘ marvelous ⓘ myth ⓘ |
| philosophicalBasis |
cultural and religious syncretism in the Americas
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historical experience of conquest and colonization ⓘ |
| region | Latin America ⓘ |
| timeOfCoinage | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| usedAs |
alternative to European-centered aesthetics
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framework for reading Latin American literature ⓘ |
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Subject: lo real maravilloso americano Description of subject: Lo real maravilloso americano is a literary-aesthetic concept coined by Alejo Carpentier to describe the uniquely marvelous, myth-infused, and historically rich reality of Latin America that naturally blends the fantastic with the everyday.
Referenced by (3)
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linked to: lo real maravilloso americano
linked to: lo real maravilloso americano