novel "Duo"
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"Duo" is a novel by Italian writer Alberto Moravia that explores the psychological and emotional unraveling of a marriage against the backdrop of Fascist-era Italy.
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| Duo | 0 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Alberto Moravia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition | European psychological novel ⓘ |
| concerns |
erosion of intimacy
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suspicion and mistrust ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| depicts | tension between public ideology and private life ⓘ |
| explores |
breakdown of communication in marriage
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emotional dependency ⓘ impact of political climate on private life ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ sexual jealousy ⓘ |
| genre |
domestic fiction
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literary fiction ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Italian ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
bourgeois protagonists
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married couple ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | interwar Italy ⓘ |
| hasEmotionalTone |
claustrophobic
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melancholic ⓘ tense ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalContext | Italian Fascism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPsychologicalDimension | introspective analysis of motives ⓘ |
| hasTemporalContext | 20th century ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | fictional narrative ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century Italian literature ⓘ |
| literaryReputation | serious literary work ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Fascist-era Italian society
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betrayal ⓘ emotional alienation ⓘ jealousy ⓘ marital crisis ⓘ power dynamics in relationships ⓘ psychological unraveling ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | inner life of characters ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | psychological realism ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | Alberto Moravia's novels ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Fascist-era Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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