TY  - GEN
N2  - 'The Trial', written from 1914 to 1915 and published in 1925, is a multifaceted, notoriously difficult manifestation of European literary modernism. Written in a relatively abstract language, it tells the story of Josef K., who is accused of a crime he has no recollection of having committed. The novel has often been interpreted theologically, expressing a form of radical nihilism in a modern world abandoned by God. However, it has just as often been read as a parable of the cold, inhumane rationality of modern bureaucratization. Like many other novels of this turbulent period, it offers a tragic quest-narrative in which the hero's search for truth and clarity progressively leads to greater and greater confusion, ending with his execution. In this volume, the contributors deal with a range of issues arising in this work.
AB  - 'The Trial', written from 1914 to 1915 and published in 1925, is a multifaceted, notoriously difficult manifestation of European literary modernism. Written in a relatively abstract language, it tells the story of Josef K., who is accused of a crime he has no recollection of having committed. The novel has often been interpreted theologically, expressing a form of radical nihilism in a modern world abandoned by God. However, it has just as often been read as a parable of the cold, inhumane rationality of modern bureaucratization. Like many other novels of this turbulent period, it offers a tragic quest-narrative in which the hero's search for truth and clarity progressively leads to greater and greater confusion, ending with his execution. In this volume, the contributors deal with a range of issues arising in this work.
T1  - Kafka's The trial :philosophical perspectives /
AU  - Hammer, Espen,
CN  - Oxford Scholarship Online
CN  - PT2621.A26
ID  - 812260
KW  - Literature
KW  - Law in literature.
SN  - 9780190461461
TI  - Kafka's The trial :philosophical perspectives /
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