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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Obscene Bird of Night canonical | 2 |
| El obsceno pájaro de la noche | 1 |
| The Obscene Bird of Night (English translation) | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | José Donoso ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
body and deformity
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class conflict ⓘ identity ⓘ madness ⓘ marginalization ⓘ power and oppression ⓘ religion and superstition ⓘ social decay ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Chile ⓘ |
| 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
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surface form:
The Obscene Bird of Night (English translation)
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| influencedBy |
gothic literature
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modernist literature ⓘ surrealism ⓘ |
| languageStyle | experimental ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Latin American Boom ⓘ |
| 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 ⓘ Inés ⓘ Jerónimo de Azcoitía ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
The Obscene Bird of Night
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surface form:
El obsceno pájaro de la noche
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| publicationYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Chile ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Latin American literature courses ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | inspired by a phrase from Henry James Sr. ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
El obsceno pájaro de la noche
this entity surface form:
The Obscene Bird of Night (English translation)