Swann’s Way
E741289
Swann’s Way is the opening volume of Marcel Proust’s monumental modernist novel sequence In Search of Lost Time, introducing its themes of memory, time, and subjective experience.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Swann's Way | 6 |
| Swann’s Way canonical | 2 |
| Swann’s Way (C. K. Scott Moncrieff translation) | 1 |
| Swann’s Way (Lydia Davis translation) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8545709 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Swann’s Way Context triple: [In Search of Lost Time, firstVolume, Swann’s Way]
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A.
Le Spleen de Paris
Le Spleen de Paris is a collection of prose poems by Charles Baudelaire that explores modern urban life, ennui, and the human psyche in a fragmented, lyrical form.
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B.
The Yellow House
The Yellow House is a famous 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting his residence in Arles, France, and is considered a key work of Post-Impressionism.
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C.
Le Paysan de Paris
Le Paysan de Paris is a surrealist prose work by Louis Aragon that blends poetic narrative, urban flânerie, and dreamlike reflections on Parisian life.
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D.
Les Mots et les choses
Les Mots et les choses is a major 1966 philosophical work by Michel Foucault that analyzes the historical conditions shaping the human sciences and systems of knowledge.
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E.
La Grenouillère
La Grenouillère is an 1869 Impressionist painting by Claude Monet depicting a lively riverside bathing and boating resort on the Seine near Bougival, France.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Swann’s Way Target entity description: Swann’s Way is the opening volume of Marcel Proust’s monumental modernist novel sequence In Search of Lost Time, introducing its themes of memory, time, and subjective experience.
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A.
Le Spleen de Paris
Le Spleen de Paris is a collection of prose poems by Charles Baudelaire that explores modern urban life, ennui, and the human psyche in a fragmented, lyrical form.
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B.
The Yellow House
The Yellow House is a famous 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting his residence in Arles, France, and is considered a key work of Post-Impressionism.
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C.
Le Paysan de Paris
Le Paysan de Paris is a surrealist prose work by Louis Aragon that blends poetic narrative, urban flânerie, and dreamlike reflections on Parisian life.
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D.
Les Mots et les choses
Les Mots et les choses is a major 1966 philosophical work by Michel Foucault that analyzes the historical conditions shaping the human sciences and systems of knowledge.
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E.
La Grenouillère
La Grenouillère is an 1869 Impressionist painting by Claude Monet depicting a lively riverside bathing and boating resort on the Seine near Bougival, France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Marcel Proust ⓘ |
| containsSection |
Combray
ⓘ
linked to:
Illiers-Combray
Noms de pays : le nom ⓘ Un amour de Swann ⓘ
linked to:
Du côté de chez Swann
|
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Charles Swann
ⓘ
Narrator ⓘ Narrator’s grandmother ⓘ Narrator’s mother ⓘ Odette de Crécy ⓘ |
| firstEnglishPublicationYear | 1922 ⓘ |
| followedBy | In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical novel
ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ stream-of-consciousness fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | television and radio adaptations of Swann’s Way ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
Swann’s Way (C. K. Scott Moncrieff translation)
ⓘ
linked to:
Swann’s Way
Swann’s Way (Lydia Davis translation) ⓘ
linked to:
Swann’s Way
|
| influenced | 20th-century modernist literature ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
art
ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ love ⓘ memory ⓘ social class ⓘ subjective experience ⓘ time ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableConcept | involuntary memory ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed psychological analysis
ⓘ
exploration of memory and time ⓘ long, complex sentences ⓘ |
| notableMotif | madeleine dipped in tea ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Du côté de chez Swann ⓘ |
| partOf |
In Search of Lost Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time
|
| positionInSeries | 1 ⓘ |
| precededBy | none ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1913 ⓘ |
| publisher | Grasset ⓘ |
| seriesTitle |
In Search of Lost Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time
|
| setIn |
Combray
ⓘ
linked to:
Illiers-Combray
France ⓘ Paris ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted |
Belle Époque
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
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Referenced by (10)
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Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time
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