The undead metaphor in Kafka

This paper aims to reflect critically on “vi­tality” as a distinctive characteristic of the literary language and also on the metaphor as its supreme realization. Specifically, in the context of Kafka’s novel In the Penal Colony we can see that a dead metaphor, apparently opposed to the vitality of...

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Main Author: Olga Guerizoli-Kempinska
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal Fluminense 2009-06-01
Series:Gragoatá
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Online Access:http://www.gragoata.uff.br/index.php/gragoata/article/view/221