The Mare (Dos kleyne mentshele)
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"The Mare (Dos kleyne mentshele)" is a classic Yiddish satirical novella by Mendele Mocher Sforim that critiques social and political life in the Jewish shtetl through allegory and dark humor.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Yiddish literary work
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novella → satirical fiction → |
| author |
Mendele Mocher Sforim
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| countryOfOrigin |
Russian Empire
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| critiques |
political life of Eastern European Jews
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social structures of the shtetl → |
| genre |
allegorical fiction
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satire → |
| hasAuthorAlias |
Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh
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| language |
Yiddish
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| literaryDevice |
allegorical characterization
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satire → |
| literaryForm |
novella
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| literaryPeriod |
19th century
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| literaryTradition |
Yiddish literature
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| mainTheme |
life in the Jewish shtetl
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political satire → social criticism → |
| movement |
Haskalah
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| narrativeTechnique |
allegory
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| originalTitle |
Dos kleyne mentshele
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| script |
Hebrew alphabet
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| setting |
Jewish shtetl
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| significance |
classic of Yiddish literature
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key work of Mendele Mocher Sforim → |
| subjectMatter |
Jewish communal life
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social and political life in Eastern European Jewry → |
| title |
Dos kleyne mentshele
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The Mare → |
| tone |
dark humor
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| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Mendele Mocher Sforim
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The Mare (Dos kleyne mentshele)
("Dos kleyne mentshele")
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