Un Capitano Moro
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Un Capitano Moro is a lost Italian prose tale, traditionally attributed to Cinthio, that provided the primary narrative source for Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian prose tale
ⓘ
lost literary work ⓘ narrative source ⓘ |
| adaptationForm | stage tragedy ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Othello NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptedBy | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Giraldi Cinthio’s Hecatommithi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorAttributionStatus | traditional ⓘ |
| citationForm | “Un Capitano Moro” ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Italian novella tradition ⓘ |
| extantStatus | no known surviving copy ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Renaissance literature
ⓘ
Shakespeare studies ⓘ source studies ⓘ |
| genre | tragic tale ⓘ |
| influenced | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenceOnOthello |
basic plot structure
ⓘ
character triangle of Moor, wife, and ensign ⓘ motif of manipulated jealousy ⓘ |
| knownThrough |
its adaptation in Othello
ⓘ
secondary references ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Italian Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
a Moorish military captain
ⓘ
a deceitful ensign ⓘ his Venetian wife ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| primarySourceFor | Othello NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Hecatommithi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Othello NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationToHecatommithi | variant or related version of a tale in Hecatommithi GENERATED ⓘ |
| setting |
Cyprus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | lost ⓘ |
| subjectOf | scholarly debate on Shakespeare’s sources ⓘ |
| theme |
deception
ⓘ
intercultural marriage ⓘ jealousy ⓘ violence against women ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | A Moorish Captain ⓘ |
| traditionalAuthor | Giovanni Battista Giraldi Cinthio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workTitleLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Othello