Maxim Gorky’s novel "Mother"
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Maxim Gorky’s novel "Mother" is a seminal early 20th-century Russian socialist realist work that portrays a working-class woman’s political awakening amid revolutionary struggle.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Mother (novel) | 0 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian literature
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novel ⓘ socialist realist work ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
film
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opera ⓘ stage play ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Russian Revolution of 1905 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Maxim Gorky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
revolutionaries versus Tsarist authorities
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workers versus factory owners ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| firstPublicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| genre |
political fiction
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proletarian literature ⓘ socialist realism ⓘ |
| ideologicalContext | Russian revolutionary movement ⓘ |
| influenced |
Soviet socialist realist canon
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proletarian literature worldwide ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | seminal early 20th-century Russian socialist realist work ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
didacticism
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realism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Pavel Vlasov
NERFINISHED
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Pelageya Nilovna Vlasova NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
Russian revolutionary literature
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socialist realism ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | a working-class woman’s political awakening ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation |
revolutionary
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socialist ⓘ |
| portrays |
Tsarist repression
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illegal distribution of political leaflets ⓘ political trials ⓘ underground revolutionary organization ⓘ workers’ demonstrations ⓘ |
| protagonistDevelopment | from submissive housewife to conscious revolutionary ⓘ |
| publicationForm | serialized ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| settingPlace | industrial Russian town ⓘ |
| targetSocialGroup | industrial working class ⓘ |
| theme |
class struggle
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political awakening ⓘ revolutionary consciousness ⓘ role of women in revolution ⓘ social injustice ⓘ working-class struggle ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Mother (1956 film)