Usbek
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Usbek is a Persian nobleman and one of the central letter-writing protagonists in Montesquieu’s satirical epistolary novel "Persian Letters," through whose observations European society is critically examined.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Usbek canonical | 4 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
epistolary narrator
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Persian Letters ⓘ |
| characterType | outsider observer ⓘ |
| communicationForm | letters ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Persia ⓘ |
| createdBy | Montesquieu ⓘ |
| creatorName |
Montesquieu
ⓘ
surface form:
Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu
|
| ethnicOrigin | Persian ⓘ |
| firstPublicationOfWork | 1721 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| homeSetting | Isfahan ⓘ |
| languageOfNarration | French (in the work’s original text) ⓘ |
| literaryGenreContext |
epistolary novel
ⓘ
satirical novel ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Enlightenment literature ⓘ |
| nameInOriginalLanguage | Usbek self-link ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
observer of European society
ⓘ
social critic ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person epistolary ⓘ |
| occupation | nobleman ⓘ |
| primarySettingObserved |
France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| relationshipToOtherCharacter | friend of Rica ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
central protagonist
ⓘ
letter writer ⓘ |
| symbolicRole | embodiment of foreign gaze on Europe ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
critique of European customs
ⓘ
cultural relativism ⓘ despotism and power ⓘ gender and the harem ⓘ religion and tolerance ⓘ |
| titleOfWork |
Persian Letters
ⓘ
surface form:
Lettres persanes
|
| usedFor |
philosophical reflection on laws and morals
ⓘ
satirical examination of European society ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.