Sounding out the Silence of Gregor Samsa: Kafka's Rhetoric of Dys-Communication

Through his transformation, Gregor Samsa, rather than simply silencing himself, allows his repressed voice to be heard palimpsestically in the language of his family and the boarders. His story is one of inverted—rather than aborted—communication. An analogous inversion governs the relationship betw...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robert Weninger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: New Prairie Press 1993-06-01
Series:Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
Online Access:http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol17/iss2/7