Amok
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"Amok" is a psychological novella by Stefan Zweig that explores obsession, guilt, and self-destruction through the fevered confession of a doctor in colonial Southeast Asia.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novella ⓘ |
| author | Stefan Zweig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
colonial power dynamics
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guilt ⓘ moral conflict ⓘ obsession ⓘ psychological breakdown ⓘ self-destruction ⓘ sexual obsession ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| exploresPsychologyOf |
obsessive passion
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remorse ⓘ self-destructive behavior ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1922 ⓘ |
| genre |
novella
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psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptations | film adaptations ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Austrian ⓘ |
| hasConflictType |
internal conflict
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man vs self ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasMoralFocus |
consequences of repressed desire
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responsibility and guilt ⓘ |
| hasOriginalTitle | Der Amokläufer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | unnamed doctor ⓘ |
| hasReception | considered a classic of psychological novella form ⓘ |
| includedIn | collections of Stefan Zweig novellas ⓘ |
| isPartOfAuthorOeuvre | Stefan Zweig short fiction ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
early 20th-century Austrian literature
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modernist literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
dramatic monologue
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intense psychological analysis ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | doctor ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | confessional monologue ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| settingContext | colonial Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
colonial-era European expatriates
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fatal consequences of obsession ⓘ forbidden relationship ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 20th century ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | German ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | refers to running amok, a frenzied, uncontrollable state ⓘ |
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