»Sztuka głodowania« według Franza Kafki
»The Art of Starvation« by Franz Kafka
Author(s): Przemysław ZnojekSubject(s): Cultural history, Recent History (1900 till today), Czech Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: literature of the 20th century; prose; Franz Kafka; culture; history;
Summary/Abstract: This text is an attempt at a literature and cultural analysis of the phenomenon of starvation, presented from the perspective of the cultural convention, as a terrifying spectacle observed by society, in which human curiosity, deformed body, monstrosity and death play a fundamental role. The art of hunger with its accompanying suffering and irreversible bodily changes is described by Franz Kafka in the short story A Hunger Artist. The title character of the song arouses extreme emotions, especially as a figure of a street artist – an eccentric, a changer or a prank of nature. This short form of prose is a pretext for considering disturbed bodylife.
Journal: Bohemistyka
- Issue Year: XXII/2022
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 189-200
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Polish