Kafka's narrative theater.:
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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| Zusammenfassung: | 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 Kafka's fiction has two conflicting premises: the subjective impossibility of human existence, foreclosing all hope of ";meaning"; in individual actions; and the ordered structure of human thoughts which assign meaning to the smallest event and analyze endlessly the behavior of other people. Kafka's characters are always, either potentially or actually, moving in both directions at once, earnestly building up a continuous logic to their actions while skeptically dismantling their own pretensions to existence. The device of the circumscribed narrator, congruent with the hero, knowing only what the hero knows, yet not identical with him, enables Kafka to contain both fundamental tendencies in a single sentence.Although Kafka is widely read, his works seem to give rise very easily to misconceptions; this study is designed primarily to facilitate an intelligent reading of Kafka. Without imposing answers of its own, it seeks to foster an awareness of the problems of perspective and presentation which Kafka engages. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xvi, 165 pages) |
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| spelling | Rolleston, James, 1939- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjtrtHPFrDCbxYJv9qG4dP http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85347784 Kafka's narrative theater. University Park, Pennsylvania State University Press [1974] 1 online resource (xvi, 165 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier The Penn State series in German literature Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-165). Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record. English. 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 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 Kafka's fiction has two conflicting premises: the subjective impossibility of human existence, foreclosing all hope of ";meaning"; in individual actions; and the ordered structure of human thoughts which assign meaning to the smallest event and analyze endlessly the behavior of other people. Kafka's characters are always, either potentially or actually, moving in both directions at once, earnestly building up a continuous logic to their actions while skeptically dismantling their own pretensions to existence. The device of the circumscribed narrator, congruent with the hero, knowing only what the hero knows, yet not identical with him, enables Kafka to contain both fundamental tendencies in a single sentence.Although Kafka is widely read, his works seem to give rise very easily to misconceptions; this study is designed primarily to facilitate an intelligent reading of Kafka. Without imposing answers of its own, it seeks to foster an awareness of the problems of perspective and presentation which Kafka engages. Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924. Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 Critique et interprétation. Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJy8mdC4cmCd46PCGdYF8C LITERARY CRITICISM European German. bisacsh LITERARY CRITICISM Semiotics & Theory. bisacsh Print version: Rolleston, James, 1939- Kafka's narrative theater. University Park, Pennsylvania State University Press [1974] (DLC) 73012574 (OCoLC)677640 Penn State series in German literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83745130 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1051046 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Rolleston, James, 1939- Kafka's narrative theater. Penn State series in German literature. 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 Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924. Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 Critique et interprétation. Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJy8mdC4cmCd46PCGdYF8C LITERARY CRITICISM European German. bisacsh LITERARY CRITICISM Semiotics & Theory. bisacsh |
| title | Kafka's narrative theater. |
| title_alt | 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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| topic | Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924. Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 Critique et interprétation. Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJy8mdC4cmCd46PCGdYF8C LITERARY CRITICISM European German. bisacsh LITERARY CRITICISM Semiotics & Theory. bisacsh |
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