Franz Kafka is one of the founders of modern literature. His claim to greatness includes his service in completely collapsing the aesthetic distance that had traditionally separated the writer from the reader. In what is probably his most famous work of...
Franz Kafka is one of the founders of modern literature. His claim to greatness includes his service in completely collapsing the aesthetic distance that had traditionally separated the writer from the reader. In what is probably his most famous work of...
One of the most influential writers of the twentieth century, Franz Kafka penned novels and short stories that portray the bewildered alienation of modern society. His characters frequently find themselves in threatening situations for which there is no...
"In the Penal Colony" (German: "In der Strafkolonie") is a short story in German by Franz Kafka. It is set in an unnamed penal colony. Some commentators have suggested Octave Mirbeau's The Torture Garden as an influence. As in some of Kafka's other...
What are the periodicities of remembrance shared with others? Writing in the final volume of Les Lieux de memoire Pierre Nora identifies two primary forms of commemorative time: that of the centenary, 'voluntary, deliberate, impossible either to avoid or to manage', and that of...
IN THE PENAL COLONY (CLASSIC STAGE CO.; 175 SEATS; $45 TOP) NEW YORK A Classic Stage Co. presentation of a music-theater work in one act with music by Philip Glass, libretto by Rudolph Wurlitzer. Directed by JoAnne Akalaitis. Conductor-music director, Alan Johnson. Set,...
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