Aminadab
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Aminadab is a philosophical novel by Maurice Blanchot that explores themes of ambiguity, confinement, and the elusive nature of meaning through a surreal, labyrinthine narrative.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Maurice Blanchot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralCharacter | Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Aminadab
NERFINISHED
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Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| genre |
existentialist fiction
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philosophical fiction ⓘ surrealist fiction ⓘ |
| hasInterpretation |
often compared to Franz Kafka’s works
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often read as an allegory of inaccessible authority ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Aminadab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedField |
deconstruction
ⓘ
literary theory ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
20th-century literature
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French literature ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
allegorical
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labyrinthine ⓘ surreal ⓘ |
| notableReader |
Emmanuel Levinas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jacques Derrida NERFINISHED ⓘ Michel Foucault NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| periodOfPublication | 20th century ⓘ |
| philosophicalConcern |
limits of language
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nature of interpretation ⓘ opacity of the other ⓘ relation between law and transgression ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
The Madness of the Day
NERFINISHED
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The Most High NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas the Obscure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
closed interior space
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mysterious boarding house ⓘ |
| structure |
episodic
ⓘ
nonlinear ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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ambiguity ⓘ confinement ⓘ elusiveness of meaning ⓘ hermeticism ⓘ labyrinthine space ⓘ power and authority ⓘ |
| workLanguageFamily | Romance languages ⓘ |
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