Hans Castorp
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Hans Castorp is the introspective young German engineer whose prolonged stay at a Swiss sanatorium drives the philosophical and psychological exploration at the heart of Thomas Mann’s novel *The Magic Mountain*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hans Castorp canonical | 9 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
engineer
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Magic Mountain ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
Bildungsroman
ⓘ
philosophical novel ⓘ |
| appearsInOriginalPublicationYearOfWork | 1924 ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
death
ⓘ
education ⓘ illness ⓘ modernity ⓘ time ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Leo Naphta
ⓘ
Lodovico Settembrini ⓘ |
| centralThemeRelation |
philosophical exploration
ⓘ
psychological exploration ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| createdBy | Thomas Mann ⓘ |
| createdInWorkLanguage | German ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | non-autobiographical character ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Magic Mountain ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact | widely studied in literary criticism ⓘ |
| languageOfCharacter | German ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernist literature ⓘ |
| literaryRole | protagonist of The Magic Mountain ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Clawdia Chauchat ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | vehicle for exploration of European bourgeois mentality ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | depicted through third-person narration ⓘ |
| nationality | German ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
impressionable
ⓘ
introspective ⓘ naive ⓘ |
| notableSceneContext | snowstorm epiphany on the mountain ⓘ |
| occupation | engineer ⓘ |
| philosophicalInfluenceFrom |
Leo Naphta
ⓘ
Lodovico Settembrini ⓘ |
| reasonForProlongedStay | diagnosis of illness at sanatorium ⓘ |
| reasonForStay | initially planned short visit to cousin Joachim Ziemßen ⓘ |
| relationshipToJoachimZiemßen | cousin ⓘ |
| relative | Joachim Ziemßen ⓘ |
| settingOfMainStory | Swiss sanatorium ⓘ |
| spendsExtendedTimeAt | Berghof sanatorium ⓘ |
| symbolizes | European bourgeois everyman ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFictionalLife | years preceding World War I ⓘ |
| undergoes |
intellectual development
ⓘ
moral development ⓘ spiritual development ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
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