Os Cus de Judas
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Os Cus de Judas is a novel by Portuguese writer António Lobo Antunes that offers a dark, introspective portrayal of the Portuguese Colonial War in Angola.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Os Cus de Judas canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | António Lobo Antunes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Portugal ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Estado Novo regime
ⓘ
Portuguese colonial policy ⓘ |
| depicts |
alienation of returning veterans
ⓘ
urban life in Lisbon after the war ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical novel
ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
Portuguese army doctor
ⓘ
Portuguese conscript soldiers ⓘ |
| hasReception |
critical acclaim in Portugal
ⓘ
international recognition ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
colonialism
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disillusionment ⓘ existential angst ⓘ guilt ⓘ identity ⓘ madness ⓘ memory ⓘ post-traumatic stress ⓘ violence ⓘ war trauma ⓘ |
| influenced | later Portuguese war narratives ⓘ |
| languageRegister |
colloquial Portuguese
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vulgar language ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Portuguese contemporary literature
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postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Angolan War of Independence
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Portuguese Colonial War ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critical view of Portuguese colonialism
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intense psychological depiction of war ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| partOf | Portuguese war literature ⓘ |
| portrays |
Portuguese soldiers in Angola
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brutality of colonial war ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Angola ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Portuguese Colonial War ⓘ |
| style |
dense prose
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nonlinear narrative ⓘ stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| titleFigurativeMeaning | remote and forsaken place ⓘ |
| titleLiteralMeaning |
The Devil's Arse
ⓘ
surface form:
"The Arsehole of Judas"
|
| tone |
dark
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introspective ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
António Lobo Antunes