Lazarillo de Tormes
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Lazarillo de Tormes is a seminal anonymous Spanish novella that inaugurated the picaresque genre by depicting the misadventures of a low-born rogue navigating a corrupt society.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lazarillo de Tormes canonical | 3 |
| La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes y de sus fortunas y adversidades | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spanish literary work
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anonymous work ⓘ novella ⓘ picaresque novel ⓘ |
| author | anonymous ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | part of the Western literary canon ⓘ |
| censorshipAuthority | Spanish Inquisition ⓘ |
| censorshipStatus | placed on the Index of Prohibited Books ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| educationalUse | studied in Spanish literature courses ⓘ |
| firstEditionPlace |
Alcalá de Henares
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Burgos ⓘ Medina del Campo ⓘ |
| genre |
picaresque
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satire ⓘ social criticism ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
film adaptations
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television adaptations ⓘ theatrical adaptations ⓘ |
| influenced |
Don Quixote
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European picaresque tradition ⓘ Guzmán de Alfarache ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
irony
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satire ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Spanish Golden Age ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | considered the first picaresque novel ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Lázaro de Tormes ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | retrospective confession ⓘ |
| narrator | Lázaro de Tormes ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Lazarillo de Tormes
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes y de sus fortunas y adversidades
|
| protagonistOccupation |
servant
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town crier ⓘ |
| protagonistSocialStatus | low-born ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1554 ⓘ |
| setting |
16th-century Spain
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Salamanca ⓘ Toledo ⓘ |
| structure | divided into tratados (chapters) ⓘ |
| targetOfCriticism |
Catholic clergy
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nobility ⓘ social hierarchy ⓘ |
| theme |
corruption of clergy
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honor and dishonor ⓘ hunger ⓘ poverty ⓘ social hypocrisy ⓘ survival ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes y de sus fortunas y adversidades