La Celestina
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La Celestina is a seminal late 15th-century Spanish tragicomedy, often considered a precursor to the modern novel and a cornerstone of Spanish Renaissance literature.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Celestina canonical | 8 |
| Celestina | 2 |
| Comedia de Calisto y Melibea | 1 |
| Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea | 1 |
| a procuress named Celestina | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1563294 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: La Celestina Context triple: [Spanish Renaissance, notableWork, La Celestina]
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A.
The Decameron
The Decameron is a 14th-century collection of 100 novellas framed by a group of young Florentines fleeing the Black Death, renowned for its vivid portrayal of medieval life, wit, and human behavior.
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B.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote is a classic Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes that follows the misadventures of an idealistic would-be knight and his squire as they pursue chivalric fantasies in a prosaic world.
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C.
The Spanish Jew's Tale
"The Spanish Jew's Tale" is one of the narrative poems within Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's collection *Tales of a Wayside Inn*, presenting a story told by the character known as the Spanish Jew.
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D.
Consello d'a Fabla Aragonesa
Consello d'a Fabla Aragonesa is a cultural and linguistic organization dedicated to the promotion, standardization, and preservation of the Aragonese language.
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E.
The Spanish Tragedy
The Spanish Tragedy is a seminal late 16th-century revenge tragedy by Thomas Kyd that profoundly influenced Elizabethan drama and paved the way for plays like Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: La Celestina Target entity description: La Celestina is a seminal late 15th-century Spanish tragicomedy, often considered a precursor to the modern novel and a cornerstone of Spanish Renaissance literature.
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A.
The Decameron
The Decameron is a 14th-century collection of 100 novellas framed by a group of young Florentines fleeing the Black Death, renowned for its vivid portrayal of medieval life, wit, and human behavior.
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B.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote is a classic Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes that follows the misadventures of an idealistic would-be knight and his squire as they pursue chivalric fantasies in a prosaic world.
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C.
The Spanish Jew's Tale
"The Spanish Jew's Tale" is one of the narrative poems within Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's collection *Tales of a Wayside Inn*, presenting a story told by the character known as the Spanish Jew.
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D.
Consello d'a Fabla Aragonesa
Consello d'a Fabla Aragonesa is a cultural and linguistic organization dedicated to the promotion, standardization, and preservation of the Aragonese language.
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E.
The Spanish Tragedy
The Spanish Tragedy is a seminal late 16th-century revenge tragedy by Thomas Kyd that profoundly influenced Elizabethan drama and paved the way for plays like Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Renaissance literature
ⓘ
Spanish tragicomedy ⓘ literary work ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
film
ⓘ
opera ⓘ theatre plays ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle |
La Celestina
ⓘ
surface form:
Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea
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| author | Fernando de Rojas ⓘ |
| centralFigure |
La Celestina
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
a procuress named Celestina
|
| character |
Areúsa
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Elicia ⓘ Pleberio ⓘ Pármeno ⓘ Sempronio ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| firstEditionLanguage | Early Modern Spanish ⓘ |
| firstEditionPlace | Burgos ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1499 ⓘ |
| form | dialogue ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
tragicomedy ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
European Renaissance drama
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Spanish Golden Age ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish Golden Age literature
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| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose drama ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Spanish Renaissance ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
cornerstone of Spanish Renaissance literature
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precursor to the modern novel ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Calisto
ⓘ
La Celestina self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Celestina
Melibea ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | dialogic ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 21 ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
La Celestina
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Comedia de Calisto y Melibea
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| period | late 15th century ⓘ |
| settingLocation | an unnamed Spanish city ⓘ |
| structure | acts ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
go-betweens and procuresses
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illicit love ⓘ |
| theme |
class conflict
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corruption ⓘ death ⓘ greed ⓘ honor ⓘ love ⓘ lust ⓘ social hypocrisy ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | late medieval Spain ⓘ |
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Subject: La Celestina Description of subject: La Celestina is a seminal late 15th-century Spanish tragicomedy, often considered a precursor to the modern novel and a cornerstone of Spanish Renaissance literature.
Referenced by (13)
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