Animal in the Synagogue - Franz Kafka''s Jewishness

This book argues that both Franz Kafka's personality and his literary activity were perceived by himself as exemplifying the modern Jewish predicament of aspiring to modernity while being tied to a past-civilization, thus finding oneself struggling in a vacuum.

Table des matières

Translator's Introduction
First Part: Forest-Animal
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Second Part: The Three Impossibilities
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Works Cited
About the Author

A propos de l'auteur

By Dan Miron

Résumé

This book argues that both Franz Kafka’s personality and his literary activity were perceived by himself as exemplifying the modern Jewish predicament of aspiring to modernity while being tied to a past-civilization, thus finding oneself struggling in a vacuum.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Dan Miron, Miron Dan
• Edition: Lexington Books
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9781498595131
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-9513-1
• Pages: 166
• Thèmes: Lexington Studies in Jewish Li; Lexington Studies in Jewish Literature; Bloomsbury Studies in Jewish Literature
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Religion, théologie > Judaïsme; Judentum, Bezug zu Juden und jüdischen Gruppen, Literaturwissenschaft, allgemein, RELIGION / Judaism / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Jewish Studies, Judaism, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities