Lázaro de Tormes

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Lázaro de Tormes is the fictional protagonist and autobiographical narrator of the anonymous 16th-century Spanish picaresque novel "Lazarillo de Tormes," known for recounting his life of poverty and cunning survival.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf autobiographical narrator
fictional character
literary character
pícaro
appearsIn La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes y de sus fortunas y adversidades NERFINISHED
Lazarillo de Tormes NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme social mobility through cunning rather than honor
author anonymous
birthplace Tormes River NERFINISHED
near Salamanca
centralThemeOf critique of religious hypocrisy
critique of social hypocrisy
countryOfOrigin Spain
createdInCentury 16th century
definingTrait cunning
resourceful
survivor
genreOfWork picaresque novel
givenName Lázaro NERFINISHED
hasMaster blind man
chaplain
constable
friar
pardoner
priest
squire
influenced European picaresque tradition
later picaresque protagonists in Spanish literature
languageOfWork Spanish
lifeCondition hunger
lifeCondition poverty
literaryFunction origin of the picaresque hero archetype
literaryPeriod Spanish Golden Age NERFINISHED
literarySignificance one of the earliest picaresque protagonists in European literature
moralAmbiguity yes
nameInOriginalLanguage Lázaro de Tormes NERFINISHED
narrativeForm epistolary
narrativePerspective retrospective account of his life
narrativeRole autobiographical narrator
first-person narrator
protagonist
occupation servant
water seller
setting Castile NERFINISHED
Salamanca NERFINISHED
Toledo NERFINISHED
socialStatus low-born
poor
tellsStoryTo Vuestra Merced NERFINISHED

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Lazarillo de Tormes mainCharacter Lázaro de Tormes
Lazarillo de Tormes narrator Lázaro de Tormes