TY  - BOOK
ED  - Cools, Arthur
AB  - Kafka`s work has been attributed a universal significance and is often regarded as the ultimate witness of the human condition in the twentieth century. Yet his work is also considered paradigmatic for the expression of the singular that cannot be subsumed under any generalization. This paradox engenders questions not only concerning the meaning of the universal as it manifests itself in (and is transformed by) Kafka`s writings but also about the expression of the singular in literary fiction as it challenges the opposition between the universal and the singular. The contributions in this volume approach these questions from a variety of perspectives. They are structured according to the following issues: ambiguity as a tool of deconstructing the pre-established philosophical meanings of the universal the concept of the law as a major symbol for the universal meaning of Kafka`s writings the presence of animals in Kafka`s texts the modernist mode of writing as challenge of philosophical
ID  - OAPEN ID: 1001722
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 956997774
KW  - Jewish Studies
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/bbe9b957-baf4-4fcb-b082-75e5af99aa9f/1001722.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/28256
PB  - De Gruyter
PP  - Berlin, Germany
PY  - 2016-07-25
SN  - 9783110458121
TI  - Kafka and the Universalnull
ER  - 
