The Clown and His Daughter
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The Clown and His Daughter is a classic Turkish novel by Halide Edib Adıvar that portrays late Ottoman Istanbul through the intertwined lives of a young girl, her unconventional family, and the social and religious tensions around them.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Clown and His Daughter canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
literaryWork
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Halide Edib Adıvar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Turkey ⓘ |
| depicts |
late Ottoman Istanbul
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religious tensions ⓘ social tensions ⓘ |
| explores |
class differences in Istanbul
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gender roles in late Ottoman society ⓘ tradition versus modernity ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
a young girl
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her unconventional family ⓘ |
| genre |
novel
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social novel ⓘ |
| hasNotableCharacter |
the clown
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the clown’s daughter ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
family dynamics
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modernization in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ religion and society ⓘ social change ⓘ |
| isConsidered | classic of Turkish literature ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Turkish literature ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Turkish ⓘ |
| portrays | intertwined lives of its characters ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Istanbul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | late Ottoman period ⓘ |
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