Monarch Notes, January 1st, 1963
Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 A Country Doctor This collection of stories was published in 1919, as was In the Penal Colony, which we will be discussing shortly. By the time he came to write these works, Kafka had matured enough artistically and intellectually to be able to employ a device like the parable to reveal the reality behind the "real" world of empirical evidence. Before we examine the contents of A Country Doctor and all their implications, however, it is necessary to look at the parable as it has been used traditionally. We shall then be able to see the degree to which Kafka refined it ...
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