A Hero of Our Time
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A Hero of Our Time is a 1840 psychological novel by Russian writer Mikhail Lermontov that portrays the complex, cynical antihero Pechorin and is considered a classic of Russian literature.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Hero of Our Time canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
novel
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psychological novel ⓘ |
| adaptedInto |
film
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opera ⓘ |
| author | Mikhail Lermontov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterType | antihero ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
psychological fiction
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romanticism ⓘ |
| hasNarrator |
Grigory Pechorin
NERFINISHED
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unnamed travel narrator ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Bela
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Maxim Maximych NERFINISHED ⓘ Princess Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ Taman NERFINISHED ⓘ The Fatalist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later Russian psychological prose ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
classic of Russian literature
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early example of psychological novel in Russian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Grigory Pechorin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm |
first-person narrative
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frame narrative ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Bela
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Maxim Maximych NERFINISHED ⓘ Princess Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ Vera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Герой нашего времени NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
Russian officer in the Caucasus
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complex character psychology ⓘ cynical worldview ⓘ |
| protagonist | Grigory Pechorin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1840 ⓘ |
| setting |
Caucasus
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Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | cycle of interconnected stories ⓘ |
| theme |
Byronic hero archetype
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alienation ⓘ cynicism ⓘ fatalism ⓘ psychological analysis ⓘ romantic disillusionment ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 19th century ⓘ |
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