Eleseus

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Eleseus is a character in Knut Hamsun’s novel "Growth of the Soil," portrayed as the more educated and urban-minded son whose ambitions contrast with his family’s rural, agrarian life.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Eleseus canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
ambition to pursue a life away from the farm ⓘ
appearsIn Growth of the Soil ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Sellanraa farm ⓘ
the town ⓘ
characterTrait ambitious ⓘ
dissatisfied with rural life ⓘ
restless ⓘ
contrastsWith rural agrarian life of his family ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Norway ⓘ
createdBy Knut Hamsun ⓘ
educationLevel more educated than his parents ⓘ
familyName Sellanraa ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Growth of the Soil ⓘ
firstPublicationContext Growth of the Soil (1917 novel) ⓘ
linked to: Growth of the Soil
gender male ⓘ
genre literary realism ⓘ
hasFather Isak ⓘ
hasMother Inger ⓘ
hasSibling Leopoldine ⓘ
Rebecca ⓘ
Sivert ⓘ
languageOfWork Norwegian ⓘ
narrativeRole embodiment of modern, urban aspirations ⓘ
foil to Sivert ⓘ
occupation clerk ⓘ
themeInvolvement alienation from roots ⓘ
conflict between modernity and traditional rural life ⓘ
social mobility ⓘ
worldview urban-minded ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Inger → hasChild → Eleseus ⓘ
Sivert → hasSibling → Eleseus ⓘ