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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:novel
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gptkbp:adaptation
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gptkb:radio_station
gptkb:theatrical_performances
film adaptation in development
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gptkbp:author
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gptkb:J._M._Coetzee
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:James_Tait_Black_Memorial_Prize
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gptkbp:character
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explores themes of race
Friday is a mute character
Friday's identity is ambiguous
Mr. Foe is a fictionalized Daniel Defoe
Mr. Foe represents the authorial voice
Susan Barton is a shipwreck survivor
Susan Barton seeks to tell her story
Susan's relationship with Friday is complex
explores themes of authorship
explores themes of gender
the narrative questions colonial narratives.
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gptkbp:character_development
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gptkb:complex
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gptkbp:conflict
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cultural representation
colonial legacy
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:South_Africa
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gptkbp:critical_reception
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acclaimed
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:historical_fiction
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Foe
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:literary_criticism
contemporary literature
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:historical_events
gptkb:Robinson_Crusoe
gptkb:feminism
cultural studies
postcolonial theory
literary traditions
narrative theory
poststructuralism
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gptkbp:isbn
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978-0-14-029640-6
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:main_character
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gptkb:Friday
gptkb:Mr._Foe
gptkb:Susan_Barton
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gptkbp:motif
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gptkb:storytelling
silence
power dynamics
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gptkbp:narrative_style
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postmodern
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gptkbp:page_count
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192
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gptkbp:plot
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reimagines Robinson Crusoe
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gptkbp:published_year
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gptkb:1986
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gptkbp:publisher
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gptkb:Secker_&_Warburg
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gptkbp:related_to
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postcolonial literature
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gptkbp:setting
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gptkb:18th_century
gptkb:Caribbean
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gptkbp:style
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metafiction
intertextuality
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gptkbp:symbolism
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the island represents isolation
the manuscript represents power
the ocean represents freedom
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gptkbp:theme
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gptkb:colonialism
gptkb:identity
narrative authority
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:The_Truth
gptkb:Destry_Rides_Again
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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