The Problem of Susan
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The Problem of Susan is a controversial short story by Neil Gaiman that revisits and critiques the fate of Susan Pevensie from C.S. Lewis’s Narnia series, exploring themes of grief, sexuality, and the treatment of female characters in fantasy literature.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Problem of Susan canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: The Problem of Susan Context triple: [Fragile Things, hasStory, The Problem of Susan]
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The Daughter
The Daughter is a 2015 Australian drama film, adapted from Henrik Ibsen’s play "The Wild Duck," that explores buried family secrets and emotional fallout in a small town.
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If You Knew Susie
"If You Knew Susie" is a popular 1925 American song closely associated with entertainer Eddie Cantor and emblematic of early 20th-century vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley music.
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Three Women
Three Women is a 1921 Cubist-inspired painting by Fernand Léger that depicts three stylized female figures in a bold, mechanized, and brightly colored composition emblematic of his “machine aesthetic.”
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The Woman in Question
The Woman in Question is a 1950 British mystery film, also known as Five Angles on Murder, noted for its Rashomon-style multiple perspectives on a woman's death.
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A Woman’s Tale
A Woman’s Tale is a 1991 Australian drama film by director Paul Cox that poignantly portrays the final days and emotional resilience of an elderly woman facing terminal illness.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Problem of Susan Target entity description: The Problem of Susan is a controversial short story by Neil Gaiman that revisits and critiques the fate of Susan Pevensie from C.S. Lewis’s Narnia series, exploring themes of grief, sexuality, and the treatment of female characters in fantasy literature.
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A.
The Daughter
The Daughter is a 2015 Australian drama film, adapted from Henrik Ibsen’s play "The Wild Duck," that explores buried family secrets and emotional fallout in a small town.
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B.
If You Knew Susie
"If You Knew Susie" is a popular 1925 American song closely associated with entertainer Eddie Cantor and emblematic of early 20th-century vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley music.
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C.
Three Women
Three Women is a 1921 Cubist-inspired painting by Fernand Léger that depicts three stylized female figures in a bold, mechanized, and brightly colored composition emblematic of his “machine aesthetic.”
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D.
The Woman in Question
The Woman in Question is a 1950 British mystery film, also known as Five Angles on Murder, noted for its Rashomon-style multiple perspectives on a woman's death.
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E.
A Woman’s Tale
A Woman’s Tale is a 1991 Australian drama film by director Paul Cox that poignantly portrays the final days and emotional resilience of an elderly woman facing terminal illness.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
controversial work
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short story ⓘ |
| adaptation | The Problem of Susan and Other Stories (graphic adaptation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Neil Gaiman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Chronicles of Narnia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnCharacter | Susan Pevensie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectedIn |
Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy
NERFINISHED
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The Problem of Susan and Other Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
dream sequences
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graphic imagery ⓘ |
| controversy |
depiction of sexuality
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depiction of violence ⓘ reinterpretation of Christian themes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| critiques |
C. S. Lewis’s handling of female sexuality
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the fate of Susan Pevensie in The Last Battle ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy
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literary fantasy ⓘ metafiction ⓘ |
| hasIllustratedAdaptation | The Problem of Susan and Other Stories (2019) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | C. S. Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
example of revisionist fantasy
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frequently discussed in scholarship on C. S. Lewis ⓘ prominent feminist reading of Narnia ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Professor Hastings
NERFINISHED
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Susan Pevensie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | prose ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | interview ⓘ |
| publisher | Dark Horse Comics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Chronicles of Narnia
NERFINISHED
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The Last Battle NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | contemporary England ⓘ |
| structure | frame narrative ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
afterlife
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aging ⓘ critique of Christian allegory ⓘ death ⓘ grief ⓘ religion ⓘ sexuality ⓘ sexualization and punishment of women ⓘ survivor’s guilt ⓘ trauma ⓘ treatment of female characters in fantasy ⓘ |
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