Reflections
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Reflections is a section of Don DeLillo’s experimental novel "Ratner’s Star," which explores abstract mathematical and philosophical themes through fragmented, introspective narrative.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Reflections canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book section
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narrative segment ⓘ |
| author | Don DeLillo ⓘ |
| containedIn | novel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| explores |
abstraction and representation
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human cognition ⓘ limits of scientific knowledge ⓘ relationship between mathematics and language ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1976 ⓘ |
| hasAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
philosophical fiction
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science-themed fiction ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
mathematical thought
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philosophical reflection ⓘ scientific discourse ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
experimental fiction
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postmodern literature ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | introspective ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | fragmented ⓘ |
| partOf | Ratner’s Star ⓘ |
| publicationContext | within the novel Ratner’s Star ⓘ |
| publisherOfContainingWork | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Ratner’s Star ⓘ |
| setInWork |
Ratner’s Star
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surface form:
Ratner’s Star fictional universe
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| styleCharacteristic |
dense prose
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metafictional elements ⓘ nonlinear narrative ⓘ philosophical dialogue ⓘ technical terminology ⓘ |
| theme |
abstract mathematics
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consciousness ⓘ cosmology ⓘ epistemology ⓘ language and meaning ⓘ logic ⓘ perception of reality ⓘ philosophy ⓘ scientific inquiry ⓘ |
| tone |
intellectual
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speculative ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | Don DeLillo ⓘ |
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