Attala (fictional Native American heroine in Chateaubriand’s novel "Atala")
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Attala is the tragic Native American heroine of François-René de Chateaubriand’s 1801 novella "Atala," whose doomed love story and Christian devotion embody Romantic-era ideals of passion, nature, and sacrifice.
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| instanceOf |
Native American woman
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ tragic heroine ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Atala
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Atala, ou Les Amours de deux sauvages dans le désert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Chactas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
conversion to Christianity
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nature as spiritual landscape ⓘ |
| author | François-René de Chateaubriand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boundBy | vow of chastity ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | suicide by poison ⓘ |
| centralThemeOfStory |
Christian sacrifice
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conflict between passion and religious vow ⓘ doomed love ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
chaste
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devout ⓘ passionate ⓘ self-sacrificing ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | North America (fictionalized) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | François-René de Chateaubriand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathMotivation | fear of breaking vow of chastity ⓘ |
| diesIn | Atala (novella) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Native American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Atala (novella) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | novella ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Catholic moral ideals (in-text) ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
embodiment of Romantic melancholy
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vehicle for Christian apologetics ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Chactas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motivatedBy | religious devotion ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
protagonist
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title character ⓘ |
| nationalityOfAuthor | French ⓘ |
| notableWork | Atala (novella) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| raisedBy | Christian mother ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| setInEnvironment | American wilderness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Romantic ideal of passionate sacrifice
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tension between nature and Christianity ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | pre-colonial or early colonial America (idealized) ⓘ |
| workPublicationDate | 1801 ⓘ |
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Attala County
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Attala County, Mississippi
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