Emile (fictional pupil)

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didactic character fictional character literary character

Emile (fictional pupil) is the idealized child protagonist in Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s treatise "Emile, or On Education," used to illustrate Rousseau’s philosophy of natural education and human development.

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Emile (character) 1
Emile (fictional pupil) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf didactic character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsIn Emile, or On Education NERFINISHED ⓘ
Émile, ou De l’éducation NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Rousseau’s concept of negative education ⓘ
Rousseau’s theory of moral development ⓘ
Rousseau’s theory of socialization ⓘ
characterType idealized child ⓘ
creator Jean-Jacques Rousseau NERFINISHED ⓘ
educationalModel natural education ⓘ
educationalStages adolescence ⓘ
childhood ⓘ
early adulthood ⓘ
firstPublicationOfWork 1762 ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasTutor unnamed tutor narrator ⓘ
influenced later educational theory ⓘ
progressive education discourse ⓘ
literaryFunction didactic example ⓘ
exemplary case study ⓘ
medium philosophical treatise ⓘ
name Emile NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationalityInFiction French ⓘ
philosophicalContext Enlightenment educational theory ⓘ
role protagonist ⓘ
pupil ⓘ
student ⓘ
symbolizes individual shaped by nature rather than society ⓘ
natural man ⓘ
usedFor illustrating Rousseau’s philosophy of education ⓘ
illustrating human development ⓘ
illustrating natural education ⓘ

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Book II → hasMainCharacter → Emile (fictional pupil) ⓘ
subject surface form: Book II (Emile, or On Education)
Tutor → guides → Emile (fictional pupil) ⓘ
subject surface form: Tutor (Rousseau’s Emile)
this entity surface form: Emile (character)
Aemilius → hasDerivative → Emile (fictional pupil) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emile