The Festival of Insignificance
E529631
The Festival of Insignificance is a short, late-career novel by Milan Kundera that blends philosophical reflection with playful, absurdist storytelling.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Festival of Insignificance canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Milan Kundera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Czech-French ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| features |
digressive narration
ⓘ
ensemble cast of characters ⓘ historical allusions ⓘ humor ⓘ philosophical dialogues ⓘ |
| genre |
absurdist fiction
ⓘ
metafiction ⓘ philosophical fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
intellectuals
ⓘ
middle-aged men ⓘ |
| hasMotive |
celebration of triviality
ⓘ
questioning seriousness ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
absurdity
ⓘ
aging ⓘ existentialism ⓘ friendship ⓘ human condition ⓘ insignificance ⓘ meaning of life ⓘ playfulness ⓘ |
| languageOfFirstPublication | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century literature ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | Milan Kundera bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationType | short novel ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Identity
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ignorance NERFINISHED ⓘ Immortality NERFINISHED ⓘ Slowness NERFINISHED ⓘ The Unbearable Lightness of Being NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| style |
fragmentary
ⓘ
ironic ⓘ philosophical reflection ⓘ playful ⓘ |
| tone |
light
ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ whimsical ⓘ |
| workInAuthorCareer | late-career novel ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.