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Two modern trials: Camus' "L'étranger" and Kafka's "Der Proceß" - a comparison

Rebecca Steltner

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Description:Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2003 in the subject Romance Languages - Comparative Studies, grade: 67 Punkte (2+) (B+), University of Canterbury (School of European Culture and Languages), language: English, abstract: To begin with I shall present an overview of some of the most common or most debated interpretations of the two novels and the issues they raise. I also question whether it is legitimate to compare Camus' L'�tranger, which is often read alongside his philosophical essay Le Mythe de Sisyph, e to Kafka's Der Proce�, which might be expressive of a philosophy but whose author only ever expressed himself in literary writing. In the following the novels are then compared simultaneously and their similarities and differences examined from different angles, such as their treatment of their common theme of "law, guilt and trial" in part two, which I see partly under the aspect of the absurd. The idea of the absurd is also relevant when comparing the two main characters Josef K. and Meursault later on. For the further interpretation of both the characters, but especially to solve the riddles surrounding Meursault's nature and the questions of reader's sympathy, the narrative perspective is crucial and is examined in part four. Subsequently, the theme of philosophical ideas being expressed in literary form becomes important again as I look at the use of image and symbolism in L'�tranger and Der Proce� as well as at the genres of the French r�cit and parable and the philosophical and literary implications of the choice of genre, symbolism or narrative perspective. Kafka's Der Proce� and Camus' L'�tranger have one important thing in common and that is that both are extremely rich novels which can be read according to a large number of codes (or preconceptions). Camus himself has praised Der Proce� "It is the fate and perhaps the greatness of that work that it offers everything and confirms nothing", (Sisyphus, p. 124). This is certainly a principle tWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Two modern trials: Camus' "L'étranger" and Kafka's "Der Proceß" - a comparison. To get started finding Two modern trials: Camus' "L'étranger" and Kafka's "Der Proceß" - a comparison, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2003 in the subject Romance Languages - Comparative Studies, grade: 67 Punkte (2+) (B+), University of Canterbury (School of European Culture and Languages), language: English, abstract: To begin with I shall present an overview of some of the most common or most debated interpretations of the two novels and the issues they raise. I also question whether it is legitimate to compare Camus' L'�tranger, which is often read alongside his philosophical essay Le Mythe de Sisyph, e to Kafka's Der Proce�, which might be expressive of a philosophy but whose author only ever expressed himself in literary writing. In the following the novels are then compared simultaneously and their similarities and differences examined from different angles, such as their treatment of their common theme of "law, guilt and trial" in part two, which I see partly under the aspect of the absurd. The idea of the absurd is also relevant when comparing the two main characters Josef K. and Meursault later on. For the further interpretation of both the characters, but especially to solve the riddles surrounding Meursault's nature and the questions of reader's sympathy, the narrative perspective is crucial and is examined in part four. Subsequently, the theme of philosophical ideas being expressed in literary form becomes important again as I look at the use of image and symbolism in L'�tranger and Der Proce� as well as at the genres of the French r�cit and parable and the philosophical and literary implications of the choice of genre, symbolism or narrative perspective. Kafka's Der Proce� and Camus' L'�tranger have one important thing in common and that is that both are extremely rich novels which can be read according to a large number of codes (or preconceptions). Camus himself has praised Der Proce� "It is the fate and perhaps the greatness of that work that it offers everything and confirms nothing", (Sisyphus, p. 124). This is certainly a principle tWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Two modern trials: Camus' "L'étranger" and Kafka's "Der Proceß" - a comparison. To get started finding Two modern trials: Camus' "L'étranger" and Kafka's "Der Proceß" - a comparison, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Two modern trials: Camus' "L'étranger" and Kafka's "Der Proceß" - a comparison

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