Kafka and noise : the discovery of cinematic sound in literary modernism /

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Kafka and Noise applies concepts from film theory and sound studies to explore noises in Kafka's writings--from Gregor Samsa's squeaking and Josefine the mouse singer's whistling to the terror of spoken Yiddish and the thrill of literary recitation.--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gellen Norberg, Kata, 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Kafka, Franz, > 1883-1924 > Criticism and interpretation.
Kafka, Franz, > 1883-1924
Sound in motion pictures.
Noise in literature.
Cinéma > Son.
Bruit dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Eastern.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
Noise in literature
Sound in motion pictures
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Translations; Chapter 1. Dreaming in Sound: Listening to Kafka Cinematically; Chapter 2. Acts of Listening in Silent Media: Implied Sound in Kafka and Early Film; Chapter 3. The Vocal Supplement: Recitation in Kafka and the Advent of Sound Film; Chapter 4. Metaleptic Noise: Acousmatic Nondiegetic Sound in Kafka and Film; Epilogue: A Modernist Epistemology of Literary Sound; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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