The Character of the Bachelor in the Literature of Franz Kafka
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(Im)possibility in Franz Kafka\'s literature
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| Author(s): |
Patrícia da Silva Santos
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2009-11-05 |
| Examining board members: |
Leopoldo Garcia Pinto Waizbort;
Jeanne Marie Gagnebin de Bons;
Jose Carlos Bruni
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| Advisor: | Leopoldo Garcia Pinto Waizbort |
| Abstract | |
This article aims to review some aspects of the relationship between the work of the writer Franz Kafka (1883-1924) and history. It draws on the idea that this complex relationship can be better understood by examining the construction of sense and its historical deficiencies, rather than through an objective description of social processes. The unique form of literature that results from the expression of these deficiencies combines impossibility and narrative, but that does not hinder the configuration of a specific modality of realism, characterized by the peculiarly harmonious coexistence of transfigured situations and everyday life. The arguments presented here focus mainly on the narrative of A Country Doctor (Ein Landarzt). (AU) | |