The Obscene Bird of Night
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The Obscene Bird of Night is a landmark Chilean novel by José Donoso, renowned for its dark, labyrinthine narrative and its exploration of identity, madness, and social decay within the Latin American literary canon.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | José Donoso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
body and deformity
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class conflict ⓘ identity ⓘ madness ⓘ marginalization ⓘ power and oppression ⓘ religion and superstition ⓘ social decay ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Chile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | acclaimed by literary critics ⓘ |
| explores |
fragmentation of self
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intersection of myth and reality ⓘ unreliable memory ⓘ |
| genre |
Latin American literature
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gothic fiction ⓘ magic realism ⓘ novel ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
enclosed spaces
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labyrinths ⓘ masks and disguises ⓘ monstrosity ⓘ silence and secrecy ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | The Obscene Bird of Night (English translation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
gothic literature
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modernist literature ⓘ surrealism ⓘ |
| languageStyle | experimental ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Latin American Boom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
considered a landmark of Chilean literature
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considered a major work of the Latin American Boom ⓘ renowned for its complex, labyrinthine structure ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | shifting perspectives ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
nonlinear
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unreliable narration ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Boy of the Azcoitía family
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Humberto Peñaloza NERFINISHED ⓘ Inés NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerónimo de Azcoitía NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| originalTitle | El obsceno pájaro de la noche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Chile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Latin American literature courses ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | inspired by a phrase from Henry James Sr. ⓘ |
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