Constructive Destruction: Kafka's Aphorisms: Literary Tradition and Literary Transformation

Richard T. Gray

Published by Max Niemeyer Verlag 1987

Constructive Destruction

Kafka's Aphorisms: Literary Tradition and Literary Transformation

Richard T. Gray

Volume 91 in the series Studien zur deutschen Literatur

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110920093

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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 narratives and the parables of the later period.

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I-VI Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER ONE: History, Tradition, and Structure of the Aphorism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
CHAPTER TWO: Aphorism and Aphorists in Turn-of-the-Century Austria Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
CHAPTER THREE: Kafka: Aphoristic Text and Aphoristic Context Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
CHAPTER FOUR: Kafka and his Aphoristic Precursors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172
CHAPTER FIVE: Kafka's Aphorisms: Intratext and Intertext Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210
CHAPTER SIX: Aphorism and Met-Aphorism: The Relationship of Aphorism and Parable in Kafka's Œuvre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Max Niemeyer Verlag
Edition: Reprint 2010
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 308
Keywords: Kafka, Franz; Aphorismus

eBook

Published: January 2, 2012
ISBN: 9783110920093

Hardcover

Published: March 3, 1987
ISBN: 9783484180918