Requiem for a Nun
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Requiem for a Nun is a novel by William Faulkner that blends prose and dramatic dialogue to revisit characters from his earlier work Sanctuary, exploring themes of guilt, redemption, and the inescapability of the past in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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work of fiction ⓘ |
| adaptationForm | stage play ⓘ |
| adaptedBy | Albert Camus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | William Faulkner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| exploresRelationshipBetween |
individual guilt and social history
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personal responsibility and fate ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Gavin Stevens
NERFINISHED
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Gowan Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ Nancy Mannigoe NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple Drake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalCounty | Yoknapatawpha County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| followsWork | Sanctuary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Southern Gothic
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modernist literature ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Requiem pour une nonne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCentralEvent | infanticide and its consequences ⓘ |
| hasFamousLine | "The past is never dead. It's not even past." ⓘ |
| hasLegalTheme | courtroom proceedings ⓘ |
| hasMoralConflict | sacrifice and atonement ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeMode |
dramatic dialogue in play sections
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third-person narration in prose sections ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | Temple Drake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryForm | hybrid of prose and dramatic dialogue ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American modernism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
crime and punishment
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guilt ⓘ inescapability of the past ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ race and class in the American South ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | alternation of prose sections and play-like dialogue ⓘ |
| notableFor |
experimental mixture of novel and drama
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philosophical meditation on time and memory ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | late career works of William Faulkner ⓘ |
| partOfCycle | Yoknapatawpha County saga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publisher | Random House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revisitsCharactersFrom | Sanctuary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Yoknapatawpha County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure |
prose historical sections introducing each act
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three acts ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 20th century American South ⓘ |
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