Chup
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Chup is the perpetually dark, silent land of shadows and censorship in Salman Rushdie’s novel "Haroun and the Sea of Stories."
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
ⓘ
imaginary country ⓘ place in literature ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Haroun and the Sea of Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
censorship
ⓘ
lack of free speech ⓘ oppression ⓘ silence ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Gup ⓘ |
| creator | Salman Rushdie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
land of censorship
ⓘ
land of shadows ⓘ perpetually dark land ⓘ silent land ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | Haroun and the Sea of Stories (1990 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreContext |
children’s fantasy
ⓘ
political allegory ⓘ |
| governedBy | the Cultmaster Khattam-Shud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
enforced silence
ⓘ
fear of speech ⓘ perpetual darkness ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy | Chupwalas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfNameMeaning | “silence” in Hindustani ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalWorld | the world of Haroun and the Sea of Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Gup City
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
freedom of speech ⓘ light ⓘ open debate ⓘ |
| partOf | the Sea of Stories setting ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
authoritarianism
ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
censorship of narrative
ⓘ
suppression of imagination ⓘ totalitarian control of stories ⓘ |
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