The Creative Mind And The Rewriting Of History In Wilson Harris's The Tree Of The Sun

摘要: The Tree of the Sun1 belongs to third phase Wilson Harris's opus, which Hena Maes- Jelinek calls "the novel as painting" precisely because in that phase, art painting, "an grasping 'inimitable,' becomes very instrument"2 with novelist explores apparent void history and literally re-creates past an imaginative way. Such a re-creation is effected through "quest for resurrection self," (27) Harris it. phrase paramount importance since it lays emphasis on what at stake novel, namely capacity artist "to wrestle distinctions between conquest, absolute privileged by Death, breakage Death's commandments mystery living arts."3 This accounts vital link made creative process (da Suva's ultimately his own) exploration more particularly, Conquest Mexico Caribbean their subsequent colonisation. Guyanese convinced only re-interpretation, reconstruction can turn violent, destructive conquest New World into positive event. My aim this paper will be analyse how attempts re-create purpose. In particular, I focus intricate exists painting writing. More specifically, concentrate writer's capacity, thanks elaborate imagery, suggest vivid pictorial images da Silva supposed evoke past. Little critical work has been written Sun quite undeservedly my opinion. Indeed, interesting although highly metaphorical, also readable. reason no doubt constantly reminding reader happens diegetic level - dialogue Silva, painter, initiates Francis Cortez wife, Julia who have both dead twenty-five years beginning stems entirely from mind he turns visions paintings. These are triggered painter's reading, one hand, letters wrote her husband (but never gave him) she tried explain reasons existential Angst, Francis's book, other. book were found was refurbishing Cortezes' former bedroom studio. There such strong correlation reading processes that, final pages who, then, stepped shoes, unable imagine scene simply described neither nor Julia's letters: