Constructive destruction : Kafka's aphorisms, literary tradition, and literary transformation / Richard T. Gray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gray, Richard T.

Series:

Studien zur deutschen Literatur

Studien zur deutschen Literatur ; 91

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aphorisms and apothegms--History and criticism.

Aphorisms and apothegms.

Parables--History and criticism.

Parables.

German prose literature--History and criticism.

German prose literature.

Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924--Criticism and interpretation.

Kafka, Franz.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 pages)

Edition:

Reprint 2010

Place of Publication:

Tübingen : M. Niemeyer, 1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The study presents a thorough investigation of Kafka's aphoristic writings, examining them in terms of the history of the aphorism in Germany, and paying special regard to Kafka's contemporary Austrian aphorists. Emphasis is placed on the role of the aphorism in the development of Kafka's literary creativity. Aphoristic discourse presented itself to Kafka as a possible manner of resolving specific conflicts in his life and art, above all the crisis of communication the individuality of the self. Aphoristic structure provides the transitional link between Kafka ́s early perspectivistic narrative

Contents:

Front matter

Introduction

CHAPTER ONE: History, Tradition, and Structure of the Aphorism

CHAPTER TWO: Aphorism and Aphorists in Turn-of-the-Century Austria

CHAPTER THREE: Kafka: Aphoristic Text and Aphoristic Context

CHAPTER FOUR: Kafka and his Aphoristic Precursors

CHAPTER FIVE: Kafka's Aphorisms: Intratext and Intertext

CHAPTER SIX: Aphorism and Met-Aphorism: The Relationship of Aphorism and Parable in Kafka's Œuvre

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-308).

ISBN:

9783110920093

3110920093

OCLC:

843999159