The Law and the Void: Hans Christian Andersen and Franz Kafka. Two Modern Parabolists
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Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
The Law and the Void: Hans Christian Andersen and Franz Kafka. Two Modern Parabolists
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
Of Franz Kafka, Walter Benjamin aptly wrote: 'everything he describes makes statements about something other than itself'. Indeed, we are constantly challenged to decipher what Kafka's meticulous prose is pointing at, though the story itself works on its own premises. The inherent polysemy of 'Eine kaiserliche Botschaft' ('An Imperial Message') or 'Ein Hungerkunstler' ('A Hunger Artist') suggests, instead, the ancient parable tradition. But Kafka's modern parables diverge radically from the tradition. They obey a law, yet it is elusive, hence they are examples of the modern parable. In this article I take as my starting point Gila SafranNaveh's claim that Kafka is chronologically the first in the modern parable tradition. I assert that Hans Christian Andersen's much earlier fairytales 'Skyggen' ('The Shadow'), 'Ole Lukoie' and 'Hjertesorg' ('Heartache') can legitimately be interpreted as modern parables as well, because there is a striking structural similarity between them and the Kafka stories. In my article I focus on the parabolic character of Andersen's tales since - unlike in Kafka's stories - this topic has not yet been discussed by scholars exhaustively. Kafka's short stories serve merely as a benchmark of the modern parable. Generally, I suggest reading many of Andersen's stories as literature that sabotages the didactic parable.
Název v anglickém jazyce
The Law and the Void: Hans Christian Andersen and Franz Kafka. Two Modern Parabolists
Popis výsledku anglicky
Of Franz Kafka, Walter Benjamin aptly wrote: 'everything he describes makes statements about something other than itself'. Indeed, we are constantly challenged to decipher what Kafka's meticulous prose is pointing at, though the story itself works on its own premises. The inherent polysemy of 'Eine kaiserliche Botschaft' ('An Imperial Message') or 'Ein Hungerkunstler' ('A Hunger Artist') suggests, instead, the ancient parable tradition. But Kafka's modern parables diverge radically from the tradition. They obey a law, yet it is elusive, hence they are examples of the modern parable. In this article I take as my starting point Gila SafranNaveh's claim that Kafka is chronologically the first in the modern parable tradition. I assert that Hans Christian Andersen's much earlier fairytales 'Skyggen' ('The Shadow'), 'Ole Lukoie' and 'Hjertesorg' ('Heartache') can legitimately be interpreted as modern parables as well, because there is a striking structural similarity between them and the Kafka stories. In my article I focus on the parabolic character of Andersen's tales since - unlike in Kafka's stories - this topic has not yet been discussed by scholars exhaustively. Kafka's short stories serve merely as a benchmark of the modern parable. Generally, I suggest reading many of Andersen's stories as literature that sabotages the didactic parable.
Klasifikace
Druh
J<sub>imp</sub> - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science
CEP obor
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OECD FORD obor
60205 - Literary theory
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
<a href="/cs/project/EF16_019%2F0000734" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000734: Kreativita a adaptabilita jako předpoklad úspěchu Evropy v propojeném světě</a><br>
Návaznosti
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>O - Projekt operacniho programu
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2019
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název periodika
Scandinavica
ISSN
0036-5653
e-ISSN
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Svazek periodika
58
Číslo periodika v rámci svazku
1
Stát vydavatele periodika
GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska
Počet stran výsledku
37
Strana od-do
31-67
Kód UT WoS článku
000474505400002
EID výsledku v databázi Scopus
2-s2.0-85070225599