La Religieuse

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La Religieuse is an 18th-century French novel by Denis Diderot that critiques religious institutions through the story of a young woman forced into convent life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French novel
epistolary novel
novel
associatedWith French Enlightenment philosophy
anticlericalism in France
author Denis Diderot
countryOfOrigin France
criticizes Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church

monastic life
religious vows taken under coercion
form prose fiction
genre anticlerical literature
philosophical fiction
psychological novel
hasAdaptation La Religieuse self-linksurface differs
surface form: La Religieuse (1966 film)

La Religieuse self-linksurface differs
surface form: La Religieuse (2013 film)
hasCharacterRole confessor
mother superior
nuns
literaryPeriod 18th-century French literature
literaryTechnique psychological analysis of the heroine
realist description of convent life
mainCharacter Suzanne Simonin
movement Enlightenment
narrativeForm epistolary form
first-person narrative
originalLanguage French
originalTitle La Religieuse self-link
philosophicalConcern autonomy of the individual
critique of religious authority
freedom of conscience
protagonistGender female
protagonistStatus forced nun
publicationCentury 18th century
setting French convents
subjectMatter life of a young woman forced into a convent
theme abuse of power in convents
critique of religious institutions
female oppression
forced vocation
individual freedom versus institutional authority
religious hypocrisy
titleInEnglish The Nun
workOf Denis Diderot

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La Religieuse hasAdaptation La Religieuse self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: La Religieuse (1966 film)
La Religieuse hasAdaptation La Religieuse self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: La Religieuse (2013 film)
Denis Diderot notableWork La Religieuse
La Religieuse originalTitle La Religieuse self-link