Kafka's narrative theater.

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Can one speak of Kafka's heroes as ";characters";? If so, why is it so hard to define their characteristics? If not, how is the reader persuaded to accompany them on their existential journeys, accepting their behavior as falling within the realm of human logic? This study argues that...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rolleston, James, 1939-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania State University Press [1974]
Series:Penn State series in German literature.
Subjects:
Kafka, Franz, > 1883-1924.
Kafka, Franz, > 1883-1924 > Critique et interprétation.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > German.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 "Description of a Struggle"
  • 2 Open Structure: "The Stoker"
  • 3 "The Urban World": The Experience of the Theater
  • 4 "The Judgment"
  • 5 "The Metamorphosis"
  • 6 Closed Structure: The Trial
  • 7 Closed Structure: "In the Penal Colony"
  • 8 The Functional and the Arbitrary: "The Village Schoolteacher" and "The Great Wall of China"
  • 9 Reopened Structure: The Castle
  • 10 Historical Structure: "Josefine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk
  • 11 The Making of Kafka's Heroes
  • Notes
  • Sources Consulted
  • Index of Kafka's Works and Characters
  • Index of Names

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