Souvenir de la nuit du 4
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"Souvenir de la nuit du 4" is a politically charged poem by Victor Hugo that denounces the violence and repression of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte’s coup d’état of December 1851.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Souvenir de la nuit du 4 canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poem
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political poem ⓘ |
| addresses | Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte’s seizure of power ⓘ |
| author | Victor Hugo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| condemns | coup d’état against the French Second Republic ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| createdBy | Victor Hugo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Second French Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ authoritarianism ⓘ |
| denounces |
massacres of civilians
ⓘ
repression of political opponents ⓘ violence of the coup d’état of December 1851 ⓘ |
| genre |
engaged literature
ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
abuse of power
ⓘ
injustice ⓘ memory of political crimes ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ political resistance ⓘ social inequality ⓘ suffering of the poor ⓘ |
| historicalContext | transition from the French Second Republic to the Second Empire ⓘ |
| intendedEffect |
denounce state crimes
ⓘ
honor the memory of victims ⓘ raise political awareness ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryForm | narrative poem ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century French literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
coup d’état of 2 December 1851 in France ⓘ political repression ⓘ state violence ⓘ |
| movement | Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalPosition |
anti-imperialist
ⓘ
republican ⓘ |
| portrays |
children and families caught in the violence
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soldiers firing on civilians ⓘ victims of the December 1851 repression ⓘ |
| publicationContext | exile of Victor Hugo after the 1851 coup ⓘ |
| tone |
accusatory
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indignant ⓘ tragic ⓘ |
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