Walter Faber
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Walter Faber is the rational, technocratic engineer whose emotionally detached worldview is shattered by tragic events in Max Frisch’s novel "Homo Faber."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Walter Faber canonical | 3 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Homo Faber ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
modernity
ⓘ
postwar Europe ⓘ |
| characterTrait | emotionally detached ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalActivity |
Greece
ⓘ
Guatemala ⓘ Italy ⓘ Mexico ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Max Frisch ⓘ |
| createdInWorkLanguage | German ⓘ |
| experiences |
breakdown of rational certainties
ⓘ
confrontation with chance ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Homo Faber
ⓘ
surface form:
Homo Faber universe
|
| firstPublicationOfWork | 1957 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Homo Faber (1991 film character) ⓘ |
| includedInGenre |
existential novel
ⓘ
psychological novel ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginalWork | German ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| moralArc | from detachment to painful self-awareness ⓘ |
| name | Walter Faber self-link ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | retrospective account ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| nationality | Swiss ⓘ |
| occupation | engineer ⓘ |
| plotFunction | embodiment of rationalist worldview ⓘ |
| relationship |
father of Sabeth
ⓘ
lover of Hanna ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
belief in calculability of life
ⓘ
limits of technological thinking ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
emotional repression
ⓘ
existentialism ⓘ rationality versus fate ⓘ technology and humanity ⓘ |
| undergoes |
personal crisis
ⓘ
tragic events ⓘ |
| worldview |
rational
ⓘ
technocratic ⓘ |
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