Freedom from the free will : on Kafka's laughter /

Many of Kafka's narratives place their heroes in situations of confinement. Gregor Samsa is locked in his room in the Metamorphosis, and the land surveyor in The Castle is stuck in the village unable either to leave or to gain access to the castle. Dimitris Vardoulakis argues that Kafka constru...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vardoulakis, Dimitris (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2016.
Colección:SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy.
Temas:
Kafka, Franz, > 1883-1924 > Criticism and interpretation.
Kafka, Franz, > 1883-1924 > Humor.
Kafka, Franz, > 1883-1924.
Kafka, Franz > 1883-1924
Liberty in literature.
Free will and determinism in literature.
Liberté dans la littérature.
Libre arbitre et déterminisme dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > German.
Freiheit > Motiv
Lachen > Motiv
Humor.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Kafka's Cages: Laughter and the Free Will
  • The Abrahamic Laughter: The Topography of Freedom in "The Judgment" and Metamorphosis
  • The Return of the Body: The Ethics of Laughter
  • The Law of Freedom: Reading The Trial through Spinoza
  • Executing Violence: The Drama of Power in "In the Penal Colony"
  • Postscript: A Triple or a Single Will?

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