The Trilogy
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The Trilogy is a renowned series of three interlinked novels by Samuel Beckett that explore themes of identity, existence, and decay through experimental, minimalist prose.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel series ⓘ |
| author | Samuel Beckett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | 20th-century literary canon ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| firstPart | Molloy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focus |
fragmented identity
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internal monologue ⓘ |
| form | prose fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
experimental fiction
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modernist fiction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Malone Dies
NERFINISHED
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Molloy NERFINISHED ⓘ The Unnamable NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
experimental novelists
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postmodern literature ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
modernism
ⓘ
postmodernism ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
philosophical introspection
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sparse narrative structure ⓘ stream-of-consciousness narration ⓘ unreliable narrators ⓘ |
| numberOfWorks | 3 ⓘ |
| originalAuthorLanguage | French ⓘ |
| philosophicalCurrent |
absurdism
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existentialism ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | late 1940s to early 1950s ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Waiting for Godot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondPart | Malone Dies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | unspecified European locations ⓘ |
| structure | three interlinked novels ⓘ |
| style |
experimental prose
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minimalist prose ⓘ |
| theme |
consciousness
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decay ⓘ existence ⓘ identity ⓘ mortality ⓘ selfhood ⓘ |
| thirdPart | The Unnamable NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tone |
bleak
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introspective ⓘ |
| translatedInto | English ⓘ |
| translator | Samuel Beckett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.