Samuel Beckett’s earlier trilogy (Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable)
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Samuel Beckett’s earlier trilogy—comprising the novels Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable—is a landmark of modernist literature that explores themes of identity, consciousness, and existential despair through fragmented narratives and increasingly abstract, introspective prose.
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| Samuel Beckett’s earlier trilogy (Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable) canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Samuel Beckett’s earlier trilogy (Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable) Context triple: [How It Is, influencedBy, Samuel Beckett’s earlier trilogy (Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable)]
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A.
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot is a landmark absurdist play by Samuel Beckett in which two characters endlessly wait for the mysterious Godot, exploring themes of existentialism, time, and the human condition.
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B.
James Joyce's Ulysses
James Joyce's Ulysses is a landmark modernist novel that parallels a single day in Dublin with the epic structure of classical myth, renowned for its stream-of-consciousness style and linguistic experimentation.
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Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, and Nobel laureate best known for his bleakly comic, minimalist works such as the play "Waiting for Godot."
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D.
Finnegans Wake
Finnegans Wake is James Joyce’s experimental modernist novel renowned for its dense, multilingual wordplay and radically unconventional narrative style.
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E.
Beckett on Film: Waiting for Godot
Beckett on Film: Waiting for Godot is a filmed adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s iconic absurdist play, produced as part of the Beckett on Film project.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Beckett’s earlier trilogy (Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable) Target entity description: Samuel Beckett’s earlier trilogy—comprising the novels Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable—is a landmark of modernist literature that explores themes of identity, consciousness, and existential despair through fragmented narratives and increasingly abstract, introspective prose.
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A.
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot is a landmark absurdist play by Samuel Beckett in which two characters endlessly wait for the mysterious Godot, exploring themes of existentialism, time, and the human condition.
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B.
James Joyce's Ulysses
James Joyce's Ulysses is a landmark modernist novel that parallels a single day in Dublin with the epic structure of classical myth, renowned for its stream-of-consciousness style and linguistic experimentation.
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C.
Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, and Nobel laureate best known for his bleakly comic, minimalist works such as the play "Waiting for Godot."
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D.
Finnegans Wake
Finnegans Wake is James Joyce’s experimental modernist novel renowned for its dense, multilingual wordplay and radically unconventional narrative style.
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E.
Beckett on Film: Waiting for Godot
Beckett on Film: Waiting for Godot is a filmed adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s iconic absurdist play, produced as part of the Beckett on Film project.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work series
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novel ⓘ novel trilogy ⓘ |
| author | Samuel Beckett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticalReception | landmark of modernist literature ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
dissolution of the self
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unreliable narration ⓘ |
| genre |
experimental fiction
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modernist fiction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Malone Dies
NERFINISHED
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Molloy NERFINISHED ⓘ The Unnamable NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
first-person monologue
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fragmented narrative ⓘ stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| notableFor |
increasingly abstract prose
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introspective narration ⓘ minimalist style ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| precedes | Samuel Beckett’s later trilogy (How It Is, Company, Worstward Ho) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | 1950s ⓘ |
| publicationYear |
1951
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1953 ⓘ |
| setting | largely indeterminate locations ⓘ |
| theme |
consciousness
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existential despair ⓘ identity ⓘ language and its limits ⓘ memory ⓘ |
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