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Kafka Toward a Minor Literature (Theory & History of Literature) Book

Kafka : Paperback : University of Minnesota Press : 9780816615155 : 0816615152 : 31 Oct 1986 : In this classic of critical thought, Deleuze and Guattari challenge conventional interpretations of Kafka&;s work. Instead of exploring preexisting categories or literary genres, they propose a concept of &;minor literature&;&;the use of a major language that subverts it from within. Writing as a Jew in Prague, they contend, Kafka made German &;take flight on a line of escape&; and joyfully became a stranger within it. His work therefore serves as a model for understanding all critical language ...Read More

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  • Foyles

    In this classic of critical thought, Deleuze and Guattari challenge conventional interpretations of Kafka’s work. Instead of exploring preexisting categories or literary genres, they propose a concept of “minor literature”—the use of a major language that subverts it from within. Writing as a Jew in Prague, they contend, Kafka made German “take flight on a line of escape” and joyfully became a stranger within it. His work therefore serves as a model for understanding all critical language that must operate within the confines of the dominant language and culture.

  • Blackwell

    In Kafka Deleuze and Guattari free their subject from his (mis)intrepreters. In contrast to traditional readings that see in Kafka's work a case of Oedipalized neurosis or a flight into transcendence, guilt, and subjectivity, Deleuze and Guattari...

  • Pickabook

    Gilles Deleuze, Felix Guattari

  • 0816615152
  • 9780816615155
  • Gilles Deleuze, Felix Guattari
  • 31 October 1986
  • University of Minnesota Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 136
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