Abstract
[Autom. eng. transl.] Starting from a recognition of Kafka's French reception - a partly misunderstood myth or grafted onto national philosophical positions - this essay analyzes in particular the relationship between the Kafkaesque "Metamorphosis" and the work of Henri Michaux. The latter defines Kafka's prose as "visionary poetry"; starting from this very personal definition, we investigate some thematic recurrences (the body, the other, the insect) and some stylistic convergences (the writing of the myth) between the two authors.
| Translated title of the contribution | [Autom. eng. transl.] Poets on the edge. Metamorphosis of bodies in Kafka and Michaux |
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| Original language | Italian |
| Title of host publication | Metamorfosi di Kafka. Teatro, cinema e letterature |
| Pages | 135-160 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- Kafka, Franz
- Michaux, Henri
- metamorfosi
- metamorphosis
- mito
- myth
- poesia
- poetry