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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| Language: | English |
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New Prairie Press
1993-06-01
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| Series: | Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature |
| Online Access: | http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol17/iss2/7 |