Homo Faber

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:novel
gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:film_adaptations
gptkb:film
gptkbp:associated_with technological rationality
gptkbp:author gptkb:Max_Frisch
gptkbp:cast gptkb:Sam_Shepard
gptkb:Julie_Christie
gptkb:Volker_Schlöndorff
gptkb:Heinz_Bennent
gptkbp:character_development Walter Faber's transformation
gptkbp:character_relationships Faber and Hanna
Faber and Sabeth
Faber and his father
Faber and his mother
gptkbp:conflict man vs. self
gptkbp:country gptkb:Switzerland
gptkbp:critical_analysis depicts the search for meaning
questions the reliability of memory
examines the role of technology in life
explores modern man's disconnection from nature
gptkbp:cultural_impact influenced discussions on modernity
gptkbp:describes man as a maker
gptkbp:element the airplane
gptkbp:examines human creativity
gptkbp:explores relationship between man and technology
gptkbp:genre gptkb:philosophy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Homo Faber
gptkbp:influence postmodern literature
gptkbp:influenced_artists gptkb:David_Foster_Wallace
gptkb:Don_De_Lillo
gptkb:Haruki_Murakami
gptkb:J._M._Coetzee
gptkb:Thomas_Pynchon
gptkbp:is_acclaimed_for highly regarded
gptkbp:is_compared_to gptkb:Homo_Sapiens
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:literary_era post-war literature
gptkbp:literary_significance considered a classic of Swiss literature
gptkbp:main_character gptkb:Walter_Faber
gptkbp:motif gptkb:fate
gptkbp:narrative non-linear
gptkbp:narrative_style first-person
stream of consciousness
flashbacks
gptkbp:notable_quote " Man is what he makes of himself."
gptkbp:origin gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:philosophy rationalism
gptkbp:popularized_by gptkb:Martin_Heidegger
gptkbp:protagonist gptkb:engineers
gptkbp:published gptkb:1957
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:existentialism
gptkbp:release_year gptkb:1977
gptkbp:setting gptkb:20th_century
gptkbp:start_location gptkb:Europe
gptkb:New_York
gptkb:South_America
gptkbp:symbolism gptkb:technology
gptkbp:theme gptkb:existentialism
gptkbp:themes gptkb:identity
alienation
human condition
gptkbp:translated_into English
gptkbp:used_in gptkb:philosophy