The Seducer’s Diary
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The Seducer’s Diary is a famous section of Søren Kierkegaard’s work Either/Or that presents, in literary form, the manipulative love affair of the aesthete Johannes as an exploration of seduction, ethics, and existential choice.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Diary of a Seducer | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novelistic narrative
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philosophical literary work ⓘ section of a book ⓘ |
| author | Søren Kierkegaard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorPhilosophicalFocus |
choice and commitment
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individual existence ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| explores |
aesthetic lifestyle
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ethical commitment ⓘ tension between pleasure and duty ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1843 ⓘ |
| genre |
existential literature
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philosophical fiction ⓘ romantic fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | epistolary elements ⓘ |
| hasTitleInOriginalLanguage | Forførerens Dagbog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | Either/Or Part I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century existentialist literature
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philosophical discussions of erotic love ⓘ |
| literaryDevice | pseudonymous authorship ⓘ |
| literaryForm | diary ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Cordelia
NERFINISHED
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Johannes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Johannes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
literary presentation of Kierkegaard’s aesthetic stage
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psychological analysis of seduction ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Danish ⓘ |
| partOf | Either/Or NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalContext | aesthetic vs ethical stages ⓘ |
| philosophicalMovement | existentialism ⓘ |
| portrays | manipulative love affair ⓘ |
| pseudonymousAuthor | Victor Eremita NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationMedium | book ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Either/Or
NERFINISHED
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Stages on Life’s Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Copenhagen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
aestheticism
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ethics ⓘ existential choice ⓘ manipulation in love ⓘ responsibility ⓘ seduction ⓘ subjectivity ⓘ |
| workCharacterType | aesthete ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Diary of a Seducer