Black Water
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Black Water is a 1992 novella by Joyce Carol Oates that fictionalizes a Chappaquiddick-like political scandal through the harrowing, stream-of-consciousness account of a young woman trapped in a sinking car.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Black Water canonical | 4 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novella ⓘ |
| author | Joyce Carol Oates ⓘ |
| awarded | PEN Faulkner Award finalist ⓘ |
| centralConflict | A woman trapped in a sinking car struggles mentally and physically as she faces death. ⓘ |
| characterBasedOn |
Edward M. Kennedy
ⓘ
surface form:
Ted Kennedy
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coverArtist | Phil Rose ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| exploresEventType |
car accident
ⓘ
political scandal ⓘ |
| exploresTheme | responsibility and culpability ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | The Senator ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
ⓘ
political fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | stage adaptation ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780525934257 ⓘ |
| hasLiterarySignificance | Yes ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Chappaquiddick incident ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Kelly Kelleher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | nonlinear ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
interior monologue
ⓘ
repetition ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ |
| pageCount | about 160 ⓘ |
| partOf | Joyce Carol Oates bibliography ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A young woman, Kelly Kelleher, accepts a ride from a powerful older senator, and their car crashes into water, trapping her as she reflects on her life and the events leading to the accident. ⓘ |
| protagonistAge | young adult ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | graduate student ⓘ |
| protagonistPoliticalAffiliation | Democrat ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| publisher | Dutton ⓘ |
| setting | Maine ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
abuse of power
ⓘ
death ⓘ guilt ⓘ media and politics ⓘ memory ⓘ political power ⓘ sexual exploitation ⓘ victimization of women ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfAction | primarily a few hours ⓘ |
| usesForeshadowing | Yes ⓘ |
| usesMotif |
telephone calls
ⓘ
water ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Joyce Carol Oates