Kafka after Kafka: Dialogical Engagement with His Works from the Holocaust to Postmodernism (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)

Synopsis

The Topic Of Kafka After Kafka Is A Fascinating One: The Engagement Of Artists, Philosophers, And Critics In Dialogical Exchange With Kafka's Works. The Present Collection Of New Essays Highlights The Engagement Of Lesser Known Artists And Commentators With Kafka, And Represents Those Who Are Well Known, Such As Arendt, Blanchot, Nabokov, And Coetzee, From New Perspectives. The Eleven Essays Contained Here Represent The Most Recent Scholarly Engagements With This Topic. An Essay On Major Trends In Current Kafka Criticism Provides Background For Several Essays On Novelists, Philosophers, And Critics Whose Relationship To Kafka Is Not Very Well Known. A Section Devoted To Kafka From An Israeli Perspective Includes Artists Not Commonly Known In The Us Or Europe (ya'acov Shteinberg, Hezi Leskly, Sayed Kashua), As Well As An Essay On The Recent Trial In Israel Regarding The Fate Of Kafka's Literary Legacy. A Final Section Addresses Important Contemporary Approaches To Kafka In Film Studies, Animal Studies, The Graphic Novel, And In Postmodern Culture And Counterculture. Contributors: Iris Bruce, Stanley Corngold, Amir Engel, Mark H. Gelber, Sander L. Gilman, Caroline Jessen, Tali Latowicki, Michael G. Levine, Ido Lewit, Vivian Liska, Alana Sobelman-- Part I. Philosophical And Literary Hermeneutics After The Holocaust -- Part Ii. Kafka In Israeli Cultural Space -- Part Iii. Kafka From Modernism To Postmodernism. Edited By Iris Bruce And Mark H. Gelber. Several Of The Essays In This Collection Are Based On An International Conference On Kafka Held At Ben-gurion University In Israel In 2015, Entitled Kafka After Kafka. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.