Surfacing
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Surfacing is a 1972 novel by Margaret Atwood that blends psychological mystery with feminist and environmental themes as it follows a woman’s search for her missing father in rural Quebec.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Margaret Atwood ⓘ |
| centralPlotElement | search for missing father ⓘ |
| containsSymbol |
animals
ⓘ
water ⓘ wilderness ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| followedBy | Lady Oracle ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
environmental fiction
ⓘ
feminist literature ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Anna
ⓘ
David ⓘ Joe ⓘ unnamed narrator ⓘ |
| hasPart |
confrontation with personal trauma
ⓘ
flashbacks to narrator’s past ⓘ hallucinatory or visionary sequences ⓘ trip to remote island ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Canadian national identity
ⓘ
abortion ⓘ marital breakdown ⓘ media and exploitation ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Canadian literature
ⓘ
second-wave feminism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | key early work in Margaret Atwood’s career ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | unnamed female narrator ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of female subjectivity
ⓘ
integration of psychological and environmental concerns ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Edible Woman ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| publisher | McClelland and Stewart ⓘ |
| setting | rural Quebec ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Canada ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
ⓘ
colonialism and cultural oppression ⓘ environmentalism ⓘ feminism ⓘ gender relations ⓘ identity ⓘ madness and sanity ⓘ relationship between humans and nature ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
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