Homo Faber
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Homo Faber is a 1957 existential novel by Swiss author Max Frisch that follows a rational engineer whose ordered worldview unravels through a series of tragic coincidences and revelations.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Homo Faber canonical | 7 |
| Homo Faber universe | 1 |
| Homo faber | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
existential novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptationDirector | Volker Schlöndorff ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| adaptationType | film ⓘ |
| author | Max Frisch ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Switzerland ⓘ |
| genre |
existentialism
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philosophical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Voyager ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | 20th-century existential literature ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9783518368026 ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
airplane travel
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fatal illness ⓘ incest ⓘ travel ⓘ |
| hasPublisher | Suhrkamp Verlag ⓘ |
| includedIn | 20th-century Swiss literature canon ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Walter Faber ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of technological rationality
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use of coincidence as narrative device ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Homo Faber
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Homo faber
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| protagonistOccupation | engineer ⓘ |
| protagonistWorldview | rationalist ⓘ |
| publicationForm | novel ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| setting |
Europe
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Latin America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| structure | retrospective confession ⓘ |
| theme |
chance and coincidence
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existential crisis ⓘ guilt ⓘ identity ⓘ rationalism versus fate ⓘ technology and modernity ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | Latin for "man the maker" ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Max Frisch
this entity surface form:
Homo faber
this entity surface form:
Homo Faber universe