Franz Kafka: Narration, Rhetoric, and Reading (Theory and Interpretation of Narrative) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0814251773 ISBN 13: 9780814251775

Publisher: Ohio State Univ Pr, 2011

Synopsis

Franz Kafka: Narration, Rhetoric, and Reading presents essays by noted Kafka critics and by leading narratologists who explore Kafka’s original and innovative uses of narrative throughout his career. Collectively, these essays by Stanley Corngold, Anniken Greve, Gerhard Kurz, Jakob Lothe, J. Hillis Miller, Gerhard Neumann, James Phelan, Beatrice Sandberg, Ronald Speirs, and Benno Wagner examine a number of provocative questions that arise in narration and narratives in Kafka’s fiction. The arguments of the essays relate both to the peculiarities of Kafka’s story-telling and to general issues in narrative theory. They reflect, for example, the complexity of the issues surrounding the “somebody” doing the telling, the attitude of the narrator to what is told, the perceived purpose(s) of the telling, the implied or actual reader, the progression of events, and the progression of the telling. As the essays also demonstrate, Kafka’s narratives still present a considerable challenge to, as well as a great resource for, narrative theory and analysis.

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About the Author

Jakob Lothe is professor of English literature at the University of Oslo. Beatrice Sandberg is professor of German literature at the University of Bergen, Norway. Ronald Speirs is professor emeritus of German at the University of Birmingham, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ohio State Univ Pr
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0814251773
• ISBN 13: 9780814251775
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 251
• Editor: Lothe Jakob, Sandberg Beatrice, Speirs Ronald