The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’
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The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’ is an 1897 novella by Joseph Conrad that explores themes of racial otherness, isolation, and solidarity among sailors aboard a storm-tossed ship.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’ canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’ Context triple: [Joseph Conrad, notableWork, The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’]
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The Slave
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The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’ Target entity description: The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’ is an 1897 novella by Joseph Conrad that explores themes of racial otherness, isolation, and solidarity among sailors aboard a storm-tossed ship.
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A.
The Dying Negro
The Dying Negro is an 18th-century abolitionist poem co-authored by Thomas Day that powerfully condemns the brutality of the transatlantic slave trade.
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B.
A Negro Woman
A Negro Woman is a minor, unnamed character in Tennessee Williams' play "A Streetcar Named Desire," serving as part of the New Orleans street life that frames the main action.
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C.
The Slave
"The Slave" is a provocative 1964 one-act play by Amiri Baraka that explores Black nationalism, racial conflict, and revolutionary violence in the United States.
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D.
The Slave
The Slave is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer that explores themes of faith, love, and spiritual resilience in 17th-century Poland through the story of a Jewish man enslaved after a massacre.
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E.
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man is a 1912 novel by James Weldon Johnson that explores race, identity, and passing in early 20th-century America through the life story of a mixed-race narrator.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novella ⓘ |
| addressesIssue |
class tension among sailors
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racism ⓘ |
| alternativeTitleUsedIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| author | Joseph Conrad ⓘ |
| centralConflict | crew’s attitude toward James Wait ⓘ |
| centralEvent | storm at sea ⓘ |
| centralMotif | the ship as microcosm of society ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Captain Allistoun
ⓘ
Donkin ⓘ James Wait ⓘ Singleton ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | serial publication ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The New Review ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
modernist literature precursor
ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ sea story ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | Children of the Sea ⓘ |
| hasControversialAspect | use of a racial slur in the title ⓘ |
| hasShipName | Narcissus ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Joseph Conrad’s own seafaring experiences ⓘ |
| length | novella-length ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late Victorian literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
early example of Conrad’s mature style
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important precursor to literary modernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Captain Allistoun
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Donkin ⓘ James Wait ⓘ Singleton ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person plural frame narrator ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
impressionism
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shifting focalization ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| publicationYear | 1897 ⓘ |
| publisher | William Heinemann ⓘ |
| setting |
a merchant ship
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voyage from Bombay to London ⓘ |
| theme |
death and mortality
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individual versus group ⓘ isolation ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ racial otherness ⓘ shipboard community ⓘ solidarity ⓘ |
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Subject: The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’ Description of subject: The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’ is an 1897 novella by Joseph Conrad that explores themes of racial otherness, isolation, and solidarity among sailors aboard a storm-tossed ship.
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