Tiere in der Literatur: Eine komparatistische Untersuchung der Funktion von Tierfiguren bei Franz Kafka und Pu Songling

Jianming Zhou

Published by Max Niemeyer Verlag 1996

Tiere in der Literatur

Eine komparatistische Untersuchung der Funktion von Tierfiguren bei Franz Kafka und Pu Songling

Animals in Literature. A comparative study of the function of animal figures in Kafka and Pu Songling.

Jianming Zhou

Volume 82 in the series Untersuchungen zur deutschen Literaturgeschichte

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110938975

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About this book

The ethnological and anthropological significance of animals is common to all cultures and periods. Given this fact, the book essays a comparative study of the animal figures in the works of a representative of Chinese literature - Pu Songling (1640-1715) - and those found in the works of a German-speaking writer, Franz Kafka (1883-1924). The first chapter establishes the basic characteristics of the animal figures of the two authors and then proceeds to place these in the broader context of categories such as the grotesque, metamorphosis, animal parable and animal comparison, with copious reference to the different cultural and literary traditions. Jianming Zhou undertakes detailed textual analyses and comparisons with a view to illuminating Kafka`s approach to Pu`s work and the development of his style in the portrayal of animals and humans. In so doing he suceeds in pointing up the influence of Pu Songling on Kafka and thus opening up new perspectives for intercultural comparative research on Kafka`s work.

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"So systematisch und gleichzeitig so kulturvergleichend ist über die Tierdarstellung bisher nicht gearbeitet worden."
Prof. Eberhard Lämmert

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Vorwort Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	V
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Abkürzungsverzeichnis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XI
Einleitung Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
KAPITEL 1. Grundzüge der Tiergestalten: Mittel zur Charakterisierung menschlicher Eigenschaften und innerpsychischer Situationen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
KAPITEL 2. Groteske Verbindung von Realitätsebenen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
KAPITEL 3. Metamorphosen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
KAPITEL 4. Tierparabeln Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
KAPITEL 5. Tiervergleich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
KAPITEL 6. Mögliche Einflüsse der Pu Songlingschen Tierfiguren auf Kafkas Tierdarstellung Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
KAPITEL 7. Literarhistorische Einbettung der Tiergeschichten von Pu Songling und Kafka Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
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(Deutsch)

Language: German
Publisher: Max Niemeyer Verlag
Edition: Reprint 2013
Pages
- Front matter: 11
- Main content: 280
Keywords: Kafka, Franz; Tiere; Pu, Songling

eBook

Published: October 10, 2013
ISBN: 9783110938975

Hardcover

Published: March 7, 1996
ISBN: 9783484320826