San Narciso (fictional setting)
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San Narciso is a fictional Southern California city in Thomas Pynchon's novel "The Crying of Lot 49," depicted as a sprawling, corporate-dominated landscape central to the book's mystery and satire.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| San Narciso | 0 |
| San Narciso (fictional city) | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional city
ⓘ
fictional location ⓘ setting in a novel ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | The Crying of Lot 49 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Oedipa Maas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pierce Inverarity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsFictionalCompany | Yoyodyne, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsFictionalInstitution |
The Scope bar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
local radio station KCUF NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsFictionalNeighborhoodOrArea |
Echo Courts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fangoso Lagoons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryInFiction | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Thomas Pynchon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
corporate-dominated
ⓘ
sprawling ⓘ |
| dominantIndustry |
aerospace
ⓘ
defense contracting ⓘ |
| fictionalLocationIn | Southern California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkSetting |
postmodern fiction
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| hasFictionalCounty | San Narciso County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFictionalInfrastructure |
freeways
ⓘ
industrial parks ⓘ subdivisions ⓘ |
| hasFictionalTopography |
coastal plain
ⓘ
hills with housing developments ⓘ |
| hasMajorCompany | Yoyodyne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredByRealRegion | Southern California suburbs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| mediumOfWork | novel ⓘ |
| nameAlludesTo | Narcissus (mythological figure) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameConnotation | narcissism ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central setting of the novel's mystery
ⓘ
site of satirical critique of corporate America ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse | Thomas Pynchon literary universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateInFiction | California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| thematicAssociation |
communication breakdown
ⓘ
conspiracy ⓘ corporate power ⓘ entropy ⓘ suburban sprawl ⓘ |
| usedFor |
exploration of hidden communication networks
ⓘ
satire of mid-20th-century American capitalism ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1966 ⓘ |
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San Narciso (fictional city)