Jack Gladney
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Jack Gladney is the middle-aged, anxiety-ridden professor who founded the academic field of Hitler studies and narrates Don DeLillo’s novel "White Noise."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jack Gladney canonical | 8 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ novel protagonist ⓘ |
| age | middle-aged ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | White Noise ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
consumer culture
ⓘ
family life ⓘ media saturation ⓘ mortality ⓘ |
| centralConflict | coping with fear of death and modern anxieties ⓘ |
| concern |
environmental disaster
ⓘ
fear of death ⓘ |
| createdBy | Don DeLillo ⓘ |
| employer | College-on-the-Hill ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | Hitler studies ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | White Noise (1985 novel) ⓘ |
| founderOf | Hitler studies (fictional academic field) ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAlias | J. A. K. Gladney ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Denise
ⓘ
Heinrich ⓘ Steffie ⓘ Wilder ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
anxious
ⓘ
introspective ⓘ neurotic ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
Airborne Toxic Event
ⓘ
surface form:
Airborne Toxic Event (fictional disaster in White Noise)
|
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| literaryRole | unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narratorOf | White Noise ⓘ |
| nationality | American (fictional) ⓘ |
| occupation |
academic
ⓘ
college professor ⓘ |
| relationshipToHitler | scholarly, not ideological (within the fiction) ⓘ |
| selfPerception | fraudulent academic authority ⓘ |
| setting | Blacksmith, a midwestern American town (fictional) ⓘ |
| specialization | Adolf Hitler ⓘ |
| spouse | Babette Gladney ⓘ |
| teachesAt | College-on-the-Hill ⓘ |
| wears | dark academic robes to enhance authority ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.