Thomas l’Obscur
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Thomas l’Obscur is an experimental, philosophical novel by Maurice Blanchot that explores themes of perception, language, and the dissolution of self through dense, abstract prose.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomas l’Obscur canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
experimental novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Maurice Blanchot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | French ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| focus |
consciousness
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experience of reading ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde literature
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experimental literature ⓘ philosophical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Thomas the Obscure (English translation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | Thomas the Obscure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTranslationLanguage | English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | literary criticism on Maurice Blanchot ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
French modernism
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postwar French literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeMode |
interior monologue
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third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of the limits of language
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influence on post-structuralist thought ⓘ radical narrative experimentation ⓘ |
| philosophicalConcern |
impossibility of transparent communication
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relation between language and being ⓘ |
| philosophicalContext |
existentialism
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literary theory ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ |
| publisher | Éditions Gallimard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Aminadab
NERFINISHED
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L’Arrêt de mort NERFINISHED ⓘ L’Espace littéraire ⓘ |
| setting | largely indeterminate spaces ⓘ |
| style |
abstract prose
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dense prose ⓘ fragmentary ⓘ hermetic ⓘ |
| theme |
death
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dissolution of self ⓘ identity ⓘ language ⓘ nothingness ⓘ perception ⓘ reading and interpretation ⓘ subjectivity ⓘ |
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