Description
This collection of studies by Marek Nekula examines how Prague shaped Franz Kafka’s personality and work. It begins with a critical discussion of Kafka’s problematic reception in Czechoslovakia, which started at the 1963 Liblice conference. There, Kafka was rescued from censorship at the cost of rewriting his German and Jewish literary and cultural context in order to highlight the Czech influence on his work. The studies focus on Prague’s Jewish social and literary environment, Kafka’s German-Czech bilingualism, and his knowledge of Yiddish and Hebrew. His bilingualism is discussed in the context of contemporary essentialist views of the writer’s language and identity. Nekula also gives particular attention to Kafka’s education, examining his studies of the Czech language and literature, as well as his Czech reading and its role in his intellectual life. The book concludes by asking how Kafka “read” his urban surroundings.
Information
Author: Nekula Marek
Language: Czech
Publication date: March 11, 2016
Manufacturer: Nakladatelství Karolinum
Genres: Non-fiction literature, Books
Type: Books - paperback
Pages: 244
ISBN/EAN: 9788024629353