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
Main Author: Gellen Norberg, Kata, 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2019.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Kafka, Franz > 1883-1924
Kafka, Franz, > 1883-1924.
Kafka, Franz, > 1883-1924 > Criticism and interpretation.
Geräusch > Motiv
Sound in motion pictures.
Noise in literature.
Cinema > Son.
Bruit dans la litterature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Dreaming in sound : listening to Kafka cinematically
  • Acts of listening in silent media : implied sound in Kafka and early film
  • The vocal supplement : recitation in Kafka and the advent of sound film
  • Metaleptic noise : acousmatic nondiegetic sound in Kafka and film
  • Epilogue: A modernist epistemology of literary sound.

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