Notes from the Underground

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Properties (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf novel
gptkbp:adaptation film
opera
theater
gptkbp:artwork human nature
the nature of suffering
the search for meaning
society's norms
gptkbp:author gptkb:Fyodor_Dostoevsky
gptkbp:character the Underground Man
gptkbp:characterTraits the Underground Man's contradictions
the Underground Man's psyche
the Underground Man's relationships
gptkbp:critical_reception controversial
highly regarded
gptkbp:cultural_impact influenced literature
influenced art
inspired philosophical discussions
influenced psychology
gptkbp:genre philosophical fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Notes from the Underground
gptkbp:influence modernist literature
existentialist literature
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Franz_Kafka
gptkb:Virginia_Woolf
gptkb:Haruki_Murakami
gptkb:Albert_Camus
gptkb:Jean-Paul_Sartre
gptkbp:is_part_of Apropos of the Wet Snow
gptkbp:language Russian
gptkbp:narrativeStyle first-person
gptkbp:notableQuote To be too conscious is an illness.
I am a spiteful man.
I wanted to be a man.
The man is what he is.
I_am_a_sick_man.
gptkbp:partOf Underground_Man's_monologue
gptkbp:publishedBy 1864
gptkbp:setting gptkb:St._Petersburg
gptkbp:significance early example of stream of consciousness
exploration of the anti-hero
pioneering work in existential literature
gptkbp:structureType two parts
gptkbp:theme alienation
existentialism
free will