Ernest-Jean Sarrasine
E1017056
Ernest-Jean Sarrasine is the passionate and impulsive sculptor protagonist of Honoré de Balzac’s novella "Sarrasine," whose tragic infatuation with a castrato singer drives the story’s dramatic conflict.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Sarrasine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artisticIdeal | pursuit of absolute beauty ⓘ |
| associatedAuthor | Honoré de Balzac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
art versus nature
ⓘ
misrecognition of identity ⓘ |
| causeOfDownfall | obsessive love ⓘ |
| centralConflict | love for a castrato singer ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
impulsive
ⓘ
passionate ⓘ |
| conflictType | romantic tragedy ⓘ |
| createdBy | Honoré de Balzac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathOutcome | dies violently ⓘ |
| drivesPlot | his infatuation with Zambinella ⓘ |
| familyName | Sarrasine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | imaginary person ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | La Comédie humaine by Honoré de Balzac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | 19th-century French literature ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Ernest-Jean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArtisticTalent | exceptional skill in sculpture ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| literaryFormOfWork | novella ⓘ |
| literaryMovementContext | La Comédie humaine realism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | French realism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediumOfArt | sculpture ⓘ |
| name | Ernest-Jean Sarrasine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | embodies the destructive power of obsessive passion ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | described through a frame narrative ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableFor | tragic infatuation with a castrato singer ⓘ |
| occupation | sculptor ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | La Comédie humaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWork | protagonist of the novella "Sarrasine" ⓘ |
| romanticInterest | Zambinella NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| romanticInterestType | castrato singer ⓘ |
| settingOfLife | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes | the artist consumed by his own ideal ⓘ |
| themeAssociated |
art and desire
ⓘ
gender ambiguity ⓘ illusion and reality ⓘ |
| workAuthor | Honoré de Balzac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.