Benito Cereno
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Benito Cereno is a novella by Herman Melville that explores themes of slavery, power, and deception through the mysterious encounter between an American captain and a Spanish slave ship.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Benito Cereno canonical | 5 |
| Benito Cereno (Spanish captain) | 1 |
| Don Benito Cereno | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novella ⓘ |
| adaptation |
Benito Cereno (1969 TV film)
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Benito Cereno (opera) ⓘ |
| adaptationType |
opera
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television film ⓘ |
| author | Herman Melville ⓘ |
| basedOn |
A Narrative of Voyages and Travels
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surface form:
A Narrative of Voyages and Travels in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
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| basedOnAuthor | Amasa Delano ⓘ |
| collectionPublicationYear | 1856 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | considered one of Herman Melville's major shorter works ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1855 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
Putnam’s Monthly Magazine of American Literature, Science and Art
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surface form:
Putnam's Monthly Magazine
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| genre |
anti-slavery literature
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political fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ sea story ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Amasa Delano
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Atufal ⓘ Babo ⓘ Benito Cereno self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Don Benito Cereno
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| hasSymbolism | fog and obscurity as symbols of moral and perceptual confusion ⓘ |
| includedIn |
American literature
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surface form:
American literature canon
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| language | English ⓘ |
| laterPublishedIn | The Piazza Tales ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Babo
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Benito Cereno self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Benito Cereno (Spanish captain)
Captain Amasa Delano ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | unreliable focalization through Captain Delano ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| originalMedium | magazine serial ⓘ |
| placeInCollection | The Piazza Tales ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Dix & Edwards ⓘ |
| setting | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| shipFeatured |
Bachelor's Delight
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San Dominick ⓘ |
| studiedIn | university literature courses ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | slave revolt on a Spanish ship ⓘ |
| theme |
colonialism
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deception ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ power ⓘ racial prejudice ⓘ slavery ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Benito Cereno (Spanish captain)
this entity surface form:
Don Benito Cereno