КАФКИНА МИКРОПРОЗА КАО ПЕСМА У ПРОЗИ
KAFKA’S MICRONARRATIVES AS PROSE POEMS

Summary/Abstract: We argue that short prose forms written by Franz Kafka (1883-1924) can be seen not only in the light of traditional prose categories such as novellas or short stories, but also as a sketch, parabole, arabesque and prose poem. Introspection on one hand and the protagonist as a lyrical subject on the other emerge as crucial elements in the technique of lyrization of the prose form, as well as other literary devices that fracture the traditional narrative form. After giving a short historical and theoretical reminder of the constitution of the prose poem as a literary genre, the paper focuses on individual texts and offers a literary analysis, in full awareness that Kafka’s micronarratives perpetually challenge each attempt of interpretation.

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