Foe

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novel

Foe is a novel by J. M. Coetzee that reimagines the Robinson Crusoe story to explore themes of authorship, storytelling, and the silencing of marginalized voices.

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Foe (film) 1

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
author J. M. Coetzee NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn Robinson Crusoe NERFINISHED ⓘ
character Cruso NERFINISHED ⓘ
Daniel Foe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Friday NERFINISHED ⓘ
Susan Barton NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin South Africa ⓘ
genre literary fiction ⓘ
metafiction ⓘ
postmodern novel ⓘ
hasISBN 978-0-14-009623-1 ⓘ
hasNarrativeDevice frame narrative ⓘ
metafictional commentary ⓘ
unreliable narration ⓘ
hasTitleCharacter Daniel Foe NERFINISHED ⓘ
inspiredBy Robinson Crusoe NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryAnalysisTopic feminist criticism ⓘ
narratology ⓘ
postcolonial criticism ⓘ
literaryMovement postmodernism ⓘ
mainCharacter Susan Barton NERFINISHED ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person narration ⓘ
notableFor depiction of a mute Friday ⓘ
exploration of narrative authority ⓘ
revisionist retelling of Robinson Crusoe ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
pageCount 157 ⓘ
partOfCurriculum postcolonial literature courses ⓘ
university literature courses ⓘ
placeOfPublication London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
publicationYear 1986 ⓘ
publisher Secker & Warburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedWork Life and Times of Michael K NERFINISHED ⓘ
Robinson Crusoe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Waiting for the Barbarians NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting England ⓘ
desert island ⓘ
structure four-part novel ⓘ
theme authorship ⓘ
colonialism ⓘ
language and silence ⓘ
power of narrative ⓘ
representation ⓘ
silencing of marginalized voices ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 18th century ⓘ

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J. M. Coetzee → notableWork → Foe ⓘ
Daniel Foe → familyName → Foe ⓘ
Foe → hasAdaptation → Foe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Foe (film)