Der «provinzielle» Exotismus. Kafkas Reisen nach Nordböhmen
«Provincial» Exoticism. Kafka´s journeys to North Bohemia

Summary/Abstract: The Amtliche Schriften (Office Writings) of Franz Kafka, published in 2004, are regarded by the editor Benno Wagner as “a record of current and social problems” (WAGNER 2008: 93), in whose literary presentation a specific aesthetic form can be found. Wagner’s approach contributes both to the current debate on regionalism and provincialism, in that he opens up a discursive space for the social, in particular through the inclusion of the actor-network theory of Bruno Latour. In this paper I will show to what extent this discursive space is productive for considering the “border” and the region as a whole, and the north Bohemian border region in particular.

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