Monsieur Jourdain
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Monsieur Jourdain is the comically pretentious bourgeois protagonist of Molière’s play *Le Bourgeois gentilhomme*, obsessed with imitating aristocratic manners and culture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Monsieur Jourdain canonical | 2 |
| Madame Jourdain | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bourgeois
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ theatrical character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Le Bourgeois gentilhomme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
appearance versus reality
ⓘ
class aspiration ⓘ education and pseudo-culture ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
credulous
ⓘ
naive ⓘ pretentious ⓘ socially ambitious ⓘ vain ⓘ |
| createdBy | Molière NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | name used as a reference for naive social climbers ⓘ |
| deceivedBy |
Dorante
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
his various masters ⓘ |
| desires |
to be accepted by the nobility
ⓘ
to become a gentleman ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1670 ⓘ |
| genre | comedy of manners character ⓘ |
| hasChild | Lucile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFamousScene | discovery that he has been speaking prose all his life ⓘ |
| hasSpouse | Madame Jourdain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inLoveWith | Dorimène NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredConcept | the idea of the bourgeois gentleman ⓘ |
| isSatireOf | social climbing bourgeoisie ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| medium | stage ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comic misunderstanding of culture and education
ⓘ
obsession with imitating aristocracy ⓘ |
| occupation | bourgeois gentleman ⓘ |
| partOf | French classical theatre ⓘ |
| protagonistOf | Le Bourgeois gentilhomme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingOfLife | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studies |
dance
ⓘ
fencing ⓘ languages ⓘ music ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| symbolizes | middle-class pretension ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 17th century France ⓘ |
| usedAsExampleOf |
comic ignorance
ⓘ
ridicule of social pretension ⓘ |
| workTypeContext | comédie-ballet ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Madame Jourdain