Gora universe

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fictional universe literary setting

The Gora universe is the fictional setting created by Rabindranath Tagore for his novel "Gora," encompassing the social, religious, and political milieu of late 19th-century Bengal.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
"Gora" universe	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional universe ⓘ literary setting ⓘ
associatedMovement	Bengal Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorialStyle	psychological characterization ⓘ social realism ⓘ
countryOfFictionalSetting	India NERFINISHED ⓘ
creator	Rabindranath Tagore NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalRegion	Bengal Presidency NERFINISHED ⓘ
depicts	conflict between orthodoxy and reform ⓘ education and Western influence in Bengal ⓘ inter-religious tensions in Bengal ⓘ social reform movements in Bengal ⓘ status of women in 19th-century Bengali society ⓘ
fictionalLocationBasedOn	Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingPowerInSetting	British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	British Raj in India NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWork	Bengali NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryTradition	Bengali realist novel ⓘ
medium	novel ⓘ
narrativeFocus	political milieu of late 19th-century Bengal ⓘ religious milieu of late 19th-century Bengal ⓘ social milieu of late 19th-century Bengal ⓘ
notableCharacter	Anandamoyi NERFINISHED ⓘ Binoy NERFINISHED ⓘ Gora NERFINISHED ⓘ Paresh Babu NERFINISHED ⓘ Sucharita NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalContext	British colonial administration in Bengal ⓘ emergent Indian nationalism ⓘ
primaryProtagonist	Gora (Binoybhushan)} NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor	Chokher Bali NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghare-Baire NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousContext	Brahmoism NERFINISHED ⓘ Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialContext	orthodox Hindu households ⓘ reformist Brahmo households ⓘ urban middle-class Bengali society ⓘ
theme	Brahmo Samaj reformism ⓘ Hindu orthodoxy ⓘ caste and social hierarchy ⓘ colonial rule and resistance ⓘ identity and belonging ⓘ nationalism in colonial India ⓘ religious reform ⓘ tradition versus modernity ⓘ
timePeriodOfFictionalSetting	late 19th century ⓘ
workFeaturedIn	Gora NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Binoy → partOfFictionalUniverse → Gora universe ⓘ

Sucharita → fictionalUniverse → Gora universe ⓘ

this entity surface form: "Gora" universe