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This essay examines the role of myth in and as cultural memory through a reading of the novel, Archipelago (2013), by the Trinidadian-British author Monique Roffey. Against conceptions of the Anthropocene as a break from the past—a break that repeats the myth of modernity—I argue that Roffey’s use of cultural memory offers a carnivalesque relation to the world in response to the narrative’s account of climate change trauma. Drawing on Bakhtin’s classic study of the carnival as an occasion for contestation and renewal, as well as Cheryl Lousely’s call for a “carnivalesque ecocriticism,” this essay expands on the recent ecocritical turn to the field of Memory Studies (Buell; Goodbody; Kennedy) to illustrate the way literature mediates between mythic and historical relations to the natural world. As literary expressions, the carnivalesque and the grotesque evoke myth and play in order to expose and transform the social myths which govern relations and administrate difference. Since literature acts as both a producer and reflector of cultural memory, this essay seeks to highlight the literary potential of myth for connecting past traumas to affirmational modes of political engagement. Resumen Este ensayo examina el papel del mito en y como memoria cultural analizando la novela Archipelago (2013), escrita por la autora trinitense-britanica Monique Roffey. Frente a la idea del Antropoceno como una ruptura con el pasado—una ruptura que repite el mito de la modernidad—este trabajo argumenta que el uso de la memoria cultural de Roffey ofrece una relacion carnavalesca con el mundo en respuesta al trauma del cambio climatico detallado en la novela. Basando mi argumento en la teoria clasica de Bakhtin sobre el carnaval como una ocasion para la contestacion y la renovacion, asi como la llamada de Cheryl Lousely por una “ecocritica carnavalesca,” este ensayo amplia el reciente giro de la ecocritica hacia el campo de los estudios de memoria (Buell; Goodbody; Kennedy) para ilustrar como la literatura media entre las relaciones miticas e historicas con el mundo natural. Como expresiones literarias, lo carnavalesco y lo grotesco evocan el mito y el juego para revelar y transformar los mitos sociales que gobiernan las relaciones y gestionan la diferencia. Ya que la literatura actua tanto como productora y como espejo de la memoria cultural, este ensayo busca destacar el potencial literario del mito para conectar traumas del pasado con modos de compromiso politico mas afirmativos.

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&lt;b&gt;Carnival Anthropocene: Myth and Cultural Memory in Monique Roffey's &lt;i&gt;Archipelago&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; // Antropoceno Carnaval: El mito y memoria cultural en &lt;i&gt;Archipelago&lt;/i&gt; de Monique Roffey