Relato de ceniza: la zarandeada vida de Cyparis el sobreviviente de Martinica a Panamá, novela de Maryse Renaud.El éxodo rural-urbano y el advenimiento de la modernidad a través del colonialismo y la guerra

Abstract

In the early twentieth century in Martinique, French overseas department, the sugar crisis, the sequels of slavery and the deadly eruption of the Montagne Pelée exacerbate inequality and oppression, leading to a rural exodus towards the city of Fort-de-France, as well as emigration. Cyparis, protagonist of Relato de Cenizanovel by MaryseRenaud, is pushed to Fort-de-France, from where he leaves to New York, to finally take part in the construction of the Panama Canal and protect himself from the First World War, living directly the effects of colonialism and modernity.

Keywords

• Martinica
• Panama
• Cyparis
• rural exodus
• Modernism
• colonialism