Suzanne Simonin

E350004

Suzanne Simonin is the young woman protagonist of Denis Diderot’s novel *La Religieuse*, whose forced entry into convent life exposes the injustices and abuses within 18th-century religious institutions.

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Suzanne Simonin canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary protagonist ⓘ
novel character ⓘ
appearsInWork La Religieuse ⓘ
associatedWithTheme critique of cloistered life ⓘ
religious hypocrisy ⓘ
sexual and psychological abuse ⓘ
women’s lack of legal and social rights ⓘ
centralThemeRelation abuse in convents ⓘ
critique of religious institutions ⓘ
forced vocation ⓘ
individual freedom vs. religious authority ⓘ
createdBy Denis Diderot ⓘ
fictionalUniverseTimePeriod 18th century ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasFamilyConflict parents forcing convent life ⓘ
hasForm confessional narrative ⓘ
languageOfOriginalWork French ⓘ
literaryGenreContext anti-clerical novel ⓘ
literaryMovementContext French Enlightenment ⓘ
mediumOfWork epistolary novel ⓘ
narrativeFunction first-person narrator ⓘ
nationalityInFiction French ⓘ
occupation nun ⓘ
religiousOrderStatus forced nun ⓘ
roleInWork protagonist ⓘ
subjectOf film adaptations of La Religieuse ⓘ
theatrical adaptations of La Religieuse ⓘ
symbolizes struggle for personal autonomy ⓘ
victim of institutional oppression ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

La Religieuse → mainCharacter → Suzanne Simonin ⓘ
The Nun (1966 film) → featuresCharacter → Suzanne Simonin ⓘ
subject linked to: The Nun