Kafka Unchained: Returns beyond Biofiction
Kafka Unchained: Returns beyond Biofiction
Author(s): Benno WagnerSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, History of ideas, Comparative Study of Literature, Czech Literature, Contemporary Philosophy, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze - Filozofická fakulta, Vydavatelství
Keywords: author-as-character; biofiction; unchained writer fiction; narratology; intertextuality; canon
Summary/Abstract: Against the background of the 100th anniversary of Franz Kafka’s death, the article explores a branch of author-as-character fiction that escapes the generic restraints of biography and biofiction: unchained writer fiction. Using Steven Soderbergh’s film Kafka (1991), filmmaker Gil Kofman’s novel debut aKa (2023), and Haruki Murakami’s global bestseller Kafka on the Shore (2002/2005) as a provisional sample, different modes of unchaining Kafka from the fetters of biography and biofiction are brought to light and contrasted against each other.
Journal: Svět literatury
- Issue Year: XXXIV/2024
- Issue No: 70
- Page Range: 135-150
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
