Conversation in the Cathedral
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Conversation in the Cathedral is a landmark novel by Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa that explores political corruption, personal disillusionment, and the oppressive atmosphere of 1950s Peru through a complex, multi-layered narrative.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Conversation in the Cathedral canonical | 4 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Mario Vargas Llosa ⓘ |
| centralLocation | bar La Catedral ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Peru ⓘ |
| explores |
effects of dictatorship on everyday life
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moral decay of society ⓘ relationship between private life and politics ⓘ |
| firstEditionLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| genre |
modernist novel
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political novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | Conversation in the Cathedral self-link ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 600 ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Odría dictatorship
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mid-20th-century Peru ⓘ |
| language | complex prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Latin American Boom ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
authoritarianism
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class conflict ⓘ personal disillusionment ⓘ political corruption ⓘ social oppression ⓘ |
| majorCharacter |
Ambrosio
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Cayo Bermúdez ⓘ Don Fermín Zavala ⓘ Zavalita ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | shifting points of view ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | multi-layered narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
nonlinear narrative
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stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Conversación en La Catedral ⓘ |
| protagonist | Santiago Zavala ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| publisher | Seix Barral ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
landmark of Latin American literature
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one of Mario Vargas Llosa's major works ⓘ |
| setInCity | Lima ⓘ |
| setInCountry | Peru ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1950s ⓘ |
| structure | framed by a long conversation ⓘ |
| style |
densely structured
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experimental ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Peruvian politics
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family conflict ⓘ urban life in Lima ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mario Vargas Llosa