Moderato cantabile
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Moderato cantabile is a 1958 novel by Marguerite Duras that blends minimalist prose and ambiguous relationships to explore desire, boredom, and social constraint in a provincial French town.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Moderato Cantabile | 1 |
| Moderato cantabile canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptationDirector | Peter Brook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseYear | 1960 ⓘ |
| adaptationScreenwriter | Marguerite Duras NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationType | film ⓘ |
| author | Marguerite Duras NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralRelationship | Anne Desbaresdes and Chauvin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed ⓘ |
| explores |
alienation in provincial life
ⓘ
limits of language and communication ⓘ tension between bourgeois respectability and desire ⓘ |
| genre |
modernist literature
ⓘ
novel ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Moderato Cantabile (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | short novel ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
murder at the café
ⓘ
piano lesson ⓘ wine bar ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| influenced | later experimental French fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Nouveau Roman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Anne Desbaresdes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chauvin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
ambiguous relationships
ⓘ
elliptical narration ⓘ minimalist prose ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of female subjectivity
ⓘ
fusion of music and narrative structure ⓘ use of repetition and variation ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 120 ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | Marguerite Duras bibliography ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1958 ⓘ |
| publisher | Les Éditions de Minuit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | provincial French town ⓘ |
| structure |
organized around repeated café conversations
ⓘ
parallels between music lesson and emotional development ⓘ |
| theme |
boredom
ⓘ
class difference ⓘ desire ⓘ marital dissatisfaction ⓘ social constraint ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 20th century ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | musical tempo marking meaning "moderately and singingly" ⓘ |
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Moderato Cantabile