The Travels of Benjamin the Third
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The Travels of Benjamin the Third is a classic 19th-century Yiddish satirical novel that parodies romantic adventure tales through the misadventures of a naive Jewish dreamer.
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yiddish novel
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novel ⓘ picaresque novel ⓘ satirical novel ⓘ |
| author | Mendele Mocher Sforim ⓘ |
| characterType | schlemiel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| depicts | Eastern European Jewish culture ⓘ |
| firstPublicationLanguage | Yiddish ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure parody
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comic fiction ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Don Quixote ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Haskalah ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | classic of Yiddish literature ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | canonical Yiddish work ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Benjamin ⓘ |
| mainCharacterDescription | naive Jewish dreamer ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Yiddish ⓘ |
| parodies |
romantic adventure tales
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travel literature ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| setting | Eastern European Jewish shtetl ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
Jewish life in the shtetl
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mock-heroic adventure ⓘ naivety versus reality ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| tone |
comic
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ironic ⓘ |
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