Nadja
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Nadja is a seminal surrealist novel by André Breton that blends autobiography, fiction, and dreamlike encounters to explore madness, love, and the nature of reality.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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surrealist novel ⓘ |
| author | André Breton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
chance encounters
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identity ⓘ love ⓘ madness ⓘ reality ⓘ surrealist aesthetics ⓘ the unconscious ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticalReception | considered a classic of modernist literature ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle | Nadja NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
boundary between sanity and insanity
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nature of reality ⓘ objective chance ⓘ relationship between art and life ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Gallimard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Autobiographical fiction
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Surrealism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | theatre adaptations ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
20th-century avant-garde literature
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surrealist narrative techniques ⓘ |
| hasPart | opening question "Who am I?" ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Freudian psychoanalysis
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automatic writing ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Surrealism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | seminal work of surrealist literature ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | André Breton (as a character) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacter | Nadja (mysterious young woman) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
dreamlike episodes
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integration of photographs and documents ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1928 ⓘ |
| publisher | Gallimard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
L'Amour fou
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Manifestoes of Surrealism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| structure |
blend of autobiography and fiction
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fragmentary narrative ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
academic studies on surrealism
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literary criticism ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfNarrative | 1920s Paris ⓘ |
| title | Nadja NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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