György Köves
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György Köves is the teenage Jewish protagonist of Imre Kertész’s novel "Fatelessness," whose experiences in Nazi concentration camps explore themes of identity, fate, and survival.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| György Köves canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| adaptedIn | film Fateless (2005) ⓘ |
| age | teenager ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Fatelessness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWorkEnglishTitle | Fatelessness GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedWorkOriginalTitle | Sorstalanság GENERATED ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
emotionally detached
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naive ⓘ observant ⓘ resilient ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Imre Kertész NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyBackground | Jewish middle-class family in Budapest ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Fatelessness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| imprisonedIn | Nazi concentration camp ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Hungarian ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
embodies ordinary individual in extreme circumstances
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explores moral ambiguity under totalitarianism ⓘ questions concept of fate ⓘ |
| literaryMovementContext | post-Holocaust literature ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
autobiographical stand-in for Imre Kertész
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first-person narrator ⓘ |
| nationalityInStory | Hungarian ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Marcell Nagy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| returnsTo | Budapest after liberation ⓘ |
| sentTo |
Auschwitz concentration camp
NERFINISHED
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Buchenwald concentration camp NERFINISHED ⓘ Zeitz labor camp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storySetting |
Budapest
NERFINISHED
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Holocaust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| survives | Holocaust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
the condition of being “fateless”
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the struggle to find meaning after trauma ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
absurdity of evil
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adaptation to extreme conditions ⓘ dehumanization ⓘ fate ⓘ identity ⓘ loss of innocence ⓘ memory ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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