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Literary Criticism German

Franz Kafka (1883-1983)

His Craft and Thought

edited by Roman Struc & John Yardley

Publisher
Calgary Institute, Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2010
Category
German, Literary, Composition & Creative Writing
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781554587995
    Publish Date
    Oct 2010
    List Price
    $32.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780889201873
    Publish Date
    Jul 1986
    List Price
    $34.99

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The eight papers in this volume were originally presented at the centennial conference on Franz Kafka held at the University of Calgary in October 1983. As diverse in approach and methodology as these papers are “the general drift of the volume is away from Germanistik towards ‘state-of-the-art’ methods.”

The opening articles by Charles Bernheimer and James Rolleston both deal with the similarities and contrasts between Kafka and Flaubert, with Bernheimer focusing on the “I” and the dilemma of narration in Kafka’s early story, “Wedding Preparation in the Country,” and Rolleston on the time-dimensions in the Kafka’s work that link him to the Romantics. Other articles in the volume deal with the complex interrelationships between author and narrator, and implied author and implied reader; with Kafka’s place in the European fable tradition and in classic and Romantic religious traditions; with Kafka’s diaries; and with his female protagonists.

About the authors

Roman Struc is Professor of German at the University of Calgary.

J.C. Yardley is Professor of Classics at the University of Calgary.

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J.C. Yardley is Professor of Classics at the University of Calgary.

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