Philological Reception and the Repeating Odyssey in the Caribbean: Francisco Chofre's La Odilea

Rosa Andújar

doi:doi:10.1353/ajp.2022.0009

Philological Reception and the Repeating Odyssey in the Caribbean: Francisco Chofre's La Odilea

Rosa Andújar

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This article discusses La Odilea, Francisco Chofre's prose adaptation of the Odyssey, which refigures both Homer's heroes as guajiros (peasants) and the ancient epic itself through the adoption of an oral Cuban dialect. My examination first highlights Chofre's linguistic transformations, which I consider a model of "philological"reception, as well as the ambiguous and complex relationship that he posits between his work and the Greek source text. I then explore the broader questions that this text poses regarding vernacularity and canonicity in La Odilea's two main contexts: the Cuban Revolution and the postcolonial Caribbean. Its role in Chofre's novel reveals the Odyssey's unique resonance across the Caribbean while also challenging existing models of classical reception.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	305-334
Number of pages	30
Journal	AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHILOLOGY
Volume	143
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/doi:10.1353/ajp.2022.0009
Publication status	Published - Jun 2022

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