Orlando in Orlando

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Orlando in *Orlando* is the androgynous, centuries-spanning protagonist of Virginia Woolf’s novel and its film adaptation, who changes sex and lives through multiple historical eras while exploring identity, gender, and time.

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instanceOf fictional character
film character
literary character
adaptedIn 1992 film "Orlando"
appearsIn film "Orlando"
novel "Orlando: A Biography"
associatedWithTheme gender
historical change
identity
sexuality
time
basedOn Vita Sackville-West
centralToGenreDiscussion feminist literature
queer literature
createdBy Virginia Woolf
createdForWork "Orlando: A Biography"
exploresConcept continuity of self over time
fluidity of gender
social construction of gender roles
firstAppearedInYear 1928
genderIdentity androgynous
hasCompanionWork "Orlando" (1992 film adaptation)
linked to: Orlando in Orlando
hasNarrativeDevice biographical narrator
hasTrait immortality-like longevity
romantic sensibility
social privilege
languageOfOriginWork English
literaryForm mock biography
literaryMovementContext modernism
livesAcross multiple centuries
narrativeRole protagonist
nationalityInStory English
occupationInStory nobleman
noblewoman
poet
portrayedBy Tilda Swinton
residesPrimarilyIn England
settingSpans 17th century
18th century
19th century
Elizabethan era
linked to: English Renaissance

early 20th century
sexAtBeginningOfStory male
sexLaterInStory female
travelsTo Constantinople
undergoes sex change

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Tilda Swinton portrayed Orlando in Orlando
Orlando: A Biography adaptedAs Orlando (1992 film)
linked to: Orlando in Orlando
Orlando hasCompanionWork "Orlando" (1992 film adaptation)
subject linked to: Orlando in Orlando
linked to: Orlando in Orlando