The Master and Margarita

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novel philosophical novel satirical novel

The Master and Margarita is a celebrated satirical and philosophical novel by Mikhail Bulgakov that intertwines a visit by the Devil to Soviet Moscow with a retelling of the trial of Jesus.

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The Master and Margarita canonical 5
Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel The Master and Margarita 1
The Master and Margarita (stage adaptation) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
philosophical novel ⓘ
satirical novel ⓘ
author Mikhail Bulgakov ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union ⓘ
featuresCharacter Jesus ⓘ
Pontius Pilate ⓘ
the Devil ⓘ
firstPublicationForm serialized ⓘ
firstPublicationLanguage Russian ⓘ
genre fantasy literature ⓘ
magic realism ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ
political satire ⓘ
religious fiction ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasAdaptation film adaptations ⓘ
opera adaptations ⓘ
television adaptations ⓘ
theatrical adaptations ⓘ
influenced Russian popular culture ⓘ
later magic realist literature ⓘ
literaryMovement 20th-century Russian literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Azazello ⓘ
Behemoth ⓘ
Ivan Bezdomny ⓘ
Koroviev ⓘ
Margarita ⓘ
Pontius Pilate ⓘ
Woland ⓘ
Jesus Christ ⓘ
surface form: Yeshua Ha-Notsri

the Master ⓘ
narrativeElement retelling of the trial of Jesus ⓘ
visit of the Devil to Soviet Moscow ⓘ
narrativeStructure interwoven narratives ⓘ
notableFor blend of satire, fantasy, and theology ⓘ
complex narrative structure ⓘ
critique of Soviet life ⓘ
originalLanguage Russian ⓘ
publicationStatus posthumous ⓘ
setting Jerusalem ⓘ
Moscow ⓘ
theme Soviet society ⓘ
art and censorship ⓘ
cowardice and courage ⓘ
freedom and fate ⓘ
good and evil ⓘ
love and sacrifice ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ
power and corruption ⓘ
religion and atheism ⓘ
timePeriod 1930s Moscow ⓘ
writingPeriod 1928–1940 ⓘ

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Soviet literature → notableWork → The Master and Margarita ⓘ
Faust legend → influencedWork → The Master and Margarita ⓘ
Russian literature → hasNotableWork → The Master and Margarita ⓘ
Mikhail Bulgakov → notableWork → The Master and Margarita ⓘ
Lookingglass Theatre Company → hasProduction → The Master and Margarita ⓘ
Simon McBurney → notableWork → The Master and Margarita ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Master and Margarita (stage adaptation)
Banga → inspiredBy → The Master and Margarita ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel The Master and Margarita