This concise study analyzes the motif of the labyrinth in Kafka's Prozess, Hesse's Steppenwolf, and Mann's Zauberberg as a signifier of the cultural crisis of the early 20th century. Josef K., Harry Haller, and Hans Castorp seek the meaning of life in confusing, labyrinthine worlds. Dr. Kesian links the thematic configurations relating to the figures' process of self-realization to the thinking of Nietzsche and Heidegger who, either explicitly or implicitly, rethink the significance of corporeality for philosophy.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
ISBN-10
0820424269
ISBN-13
9780820424262
eBay Product ID (ePID)
128954942
Product Key Features
Author
David Kenosian
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Subject
Literary Criticism
Type
Textbook
Additional Product Features
Issn
1056-3970
Series Part/Volume Number
10
First Published
1995
Series Title
Studies on Themes and Motifs in Literature
Author Biography
The Author: David Kenosian is a lecturer in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his Ph.D. in Modern German Literature from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Kade Fellow.