The Literary Ace
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The Literary Ace is Snoopy’s imaginative writer persona, often depicted typing melodramatic stories that begin with “It was a dark and stormy night.”
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Snoopy persona
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fictional character persona ⓘ literary parody character ⓘ |
| activity | typing stories on a typewriter ⓘ |
| appearsInFranchise |
Peanuts merchandise
ⓘ
Peanuts television specials NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedMeme | It was a dark and stormy night opening line ⓘ |
| associatedObject |
manual typewriter
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stack of manuscript pages ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Charlie Brown
NERFINISHED
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Linus van Pelt NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucy van Pelt NERFINISHED ⓘ Snoopy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnCharacter | Snoopy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonPlotElement |
dramatic weather descriptions
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manuscripts being rejected ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Charles M. Schulz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalRole | iconic depiction of the struggling writer ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Peanuts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceMedium | Peanuts comic strip NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
literary satire
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metafictional humor ⓘ |
| hasAudienceInStory | other Peanuts characters ⓘ |
| hasMotive | to become a famous author ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
frustrations of writing
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imagination versus reality ⓘ rejection by publishers ⓘ |
| humorType | self-referential writing jokes ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | clichéd opening line from Edward Bulwer-Lytton ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginalWork | English ⓘ |
| medium |
animated television specials
ⓘ
comic strips ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | stories within the Peanuts strip ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrator in his stories ⓘ |
| notableCatchphrase | It was a dark and stormy night ⓘ |
| oftenDepictedAs |
sitting on a doghouse while typing
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wearing a scarf and goggles ⓘ |
| parodies |
aspiring writers
ⓘ
clichéd opening lines ⓘ pulp fiction tropes ⓘ |
| portraysOccupation |
novelist
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short story writer ⓘ |
| targetOf | editorial rejection letters ⓘ |
| typicalLocation | Snoopy’s doghouse roof ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
melodramatic
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overly florid prose ⓘ |
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