Mother
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"Mother" is a 1906 socialist realist novel by Russian writer Maksim Gorky that portrays a working-class woman's political awakening during the revolutionary ferment in pre-revolutionary Russia.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
ⓘ
socialist realist novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
film
ⓘ
opera ⓘ stage play ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Mat’ ⓘ |
| author |
Maksim Gorky
ⓘ
surface form:
Maxim Gorky
|
| centralRelationship | mother–son relationship ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| createdBy | Maksim Gorky ⓘ |
| depictsEventType |
police raids
ⓘ
political repression ⓘ workers’ demonstrations ⓘ |
| depictsSocialClass |
factory owners
ⓘ
proletariat ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serialized novel ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| genre |
political novel
ⓘ
socialist realism ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Maksim Gorky ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | Pelageya Nilovna Vlasova ⓘ |
| hasTitleInRussian | "Мать" ⓘ |
| influenced |
Soviet literature
ⓘ
socialist realist canon ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | socialist realism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
classic of socialist literature
ⓘ
key work in Maxim Gorky’s oeuvre ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Pavel Vlasov
ⓘ
Pelageya Nilovna Vlasova ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | transformation of a passive woman into an activist ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableAdaptation |
1926 Soviet silent film "Mother" directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin
ⓘ
1956 Soviet film "Mother" directed by Mark Donskoy ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation |
revolutionary
ⓘ
socialist ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1906 ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Russia ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | pre-revolutionary Russia ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
factory workers
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underground revolutionary circles ⓘ |
| theme |
class consciousness
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political awakening ⓘ revolutionary movement ⓘ role of women in revolution ⓘ social injustice ⓘ working-class struggle ⓘ |
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