Atala

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Atala is a romantic novella by François-René de Chateaubriand that helped inaugurate French Romanticism through its exotic American setting and themes of passion, religion, and tragic love.

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instanceOf literaryWork ⓘ
novella ⓘ
romanticNovella ⓘ
author François-René de Chateaubriand ⓘ
contributedTo inauguration of French Romanticism ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
depicts idealized vision of Native American life ⓘ
firstPublishedIn France ⓘ
genre Romanticism ⓘ
novella ⓘ
hasCharacter Father Aubry ⓘ
hasForm prose ⓘ
hasInfluenced later French Romantic writers ⓘ
literaryPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
literaryStyle lyrical prose ⓘ
sentimental narrative ⓘ
mainCharacter Atala (the title character) ⓘ
Chactas ⓘ
movement French Romanticism ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person frame narrative ⓘ
notableFor its blend of Christian spirituality and romantic passion ⓘ
its exotic American setting ⓘ
its influence on French Romantic literature ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
partOf Chateaubriand’s American works cycle ⓘ
publicationYear 1801 ⓘ
publisher originally published in Paris ⓘ
setting North America ⓘ
exotic American wilderness ⓘ
theme Christianity ⓘ
conflict between religious vows and earthly love ⓘ
cultural encounter between Europeans and Native Americans ⓘ
nature and the sublime ⓘ
passion ⓘ
religion ⓘ
tragic love ⓘ

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