Sylvan, South Carolina
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Sylvan, South Carolina is a fictional small Southern town that serves as the hometown of Lily Owens in Sue Monk Kidd’s novel "The Secret Life of Bees."
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
ⓘ
fictional town ⓘ |
| appearsInFictionalUniverse | fictional universe of "The Secret Life of Bees" ⓘ |
| associatedThemeInWork |
coming of age
ⓘ
family and belonging ⓘ race relations in the American South ⓘ |
| authorOfWorkWhereFeatured | Sue Monk Kidd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalContextInWork | segregated American South ⓘ |
| describedAs | small Southern town ⓘ |
| existence | does not exist in real geography ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkWhereFeatured |
Southern fiction
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coming-of-age fiction ⓘ |
| hasFictionalStatus | imaginary representation of a South Carolina town ⓘ |
| hometownOfFictionalCharacter | Lily Owens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkWhereFeatured | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | South Carolina ⓘ |
| mediumOfWorkWhereFeatured | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | contrasts with later settings in the novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | hometown setting of protagonist Lily Owens ⓘ |
| publicationContextOfWork | "The Secret Life of Bees" first published in 2001 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | American South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriodOfWork | 1960s ⓘ |
| usedAs | starting point of Lily Owens’s journey ⓘ |
| workFeaturedIn |
The Secret Life of Bees
NERFINISHED
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novel "The Secret Life of Bees" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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