Kafka and Judaism : are we all doomed?
The theology of redemption in the light of Judaism is a fundamental concern of Franz Kafka. In his novels, The Trial and The Castle, Kafka implicitly explores the concept of redemption by presenting issues that revolve around his character’s journey to a specific destination that is beyond reach. Ka...
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| author | Netto, Tanya Anastasia. |
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| description | The theology of redemption in the light of Judaism is a fundamental concern of Franz Kafka. In his novels, The Trial and The Castle, Kafka implicitly explores the concept of redemption by presenting issues that revolve around his character’s journey to a specific destination that is beyond reach. Kafka pushes beyond the boundaries of common literary themes and illuminates the question of one’s emancipation through the usage of biblical allusions, specifically, the Hebrew Bible. The central question is: "does the possibility of eternal life for the Jewish people exist through the eyes of Kafka?". Both novels seem to reside within the condemned realm of the protagonists, who are regarded as representations of the larger Jewish community. Many critics tend to steer towards the direction of the execration of the Jewish world through the depiction of the protagonists while the minority establishes that Kafka does not entirely disregard salvation but instead acknowledges its attainability. Despite the clear distinction of the many factors that result in damnation or redemption, the decadence of the supreme powers illustrated in the novels complicate the matter by blurring the line between the two worlds. This paper ultimately aims to explore Kafka's issue on Judaic redemption through the usage of Hebrew biblical allusions. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/442412019-12-10T11:08:42Z Kafka and Judaism : are we all doomed? Netto, Tanya Anastasia. School of Humanities and Social Sciences Walter Wadiak. DRNTU::Humanities::Literature::English The theology of redemption in the light of Judaism is a fundamental concern of Franz Kafka. In his novels, The Trial and The Castle, Kafka implicitly explores the concept of redemption by presenting issues that revolve around his character’s journey to a specific destination that is beyond reach. Kafka pushes beyond the boundaries of common literary themes and illuminates the question of one’s emancipation through the usage of biblical allusions, specifically, the Hebrew Bible. The central question is: "does the possibility of eternal life for the Jewish people exist through the eyes of Kafka?". Both novels seem to reside within the condemned realm of the protagonists, who are regarded as representations of the larger Jewish community. Many critics tend to steer towards the direction of the execration of the Jewish world through the depiction of the protagonists while the minority establishes that Kafka does not entirely disregard salvation but instead acknowledges its attainability. Despite the clear distinction of the many factors that result in damnation or redemption, the decadence of the supreme powers illustrated in the novels complicate the matter by blurring the line between the two worlds. This paper ultimately aims to explore Kafka's issue on Judaic redemption through the usage of Hebrew biblical allusions. Bachelor of Arts 2011-05-31T06:48:23Z 2011-05-31T06:48:23Z 2011 2011 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44241 en Nanyang Technological University 34 p. application/msword |
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