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Tiere in der Literatur

Eine komparatistische Untersuchung der Funktion von Tierfiguren bei Franz Kafka und Pu Songling
  • Jianming Zhou
Language: German
Published/Copyright: 1996
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Untersuchungen zur deutschen Literaturgeschichte

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The ethnological and anthropological significance of animals is common to all cultures and periods. Given this fact, the book essays a comparative study of the animal figures in the works of a representative of Chinese literature - Pu Songling (1640-1715) - and those found in the works of a German-speaking writer, Franz Kafka (1883-1924). The first chapter establishes the basic characteristics of the animal figures of the two authors and then proceeds to place these in the broader context of categories such as the grotesque, metamorphosis, animal parable and animal comparison, with copious reference to the different cultural and literary traditions. Jianming Zhou undertakes detailed textual analyses and comparisons with a view to illuminating Kafka`s approach to Pu`s work and the development of his style in the portrayal of animals and humans. In so doing he suceeds in pointing up the influence of Pu Songling on Kafka and thus opening up new perspectives for intercultural comparative research on Kafka`s work.

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"So systematisch und gleichzeitig so kulturvergleichend ist über die Tierdarstellung bisher nicht gearbeitet worden."
Prof. Eberhard Lämmert

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    Frontmatter

    I
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    Vorwort

    V
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    Inhalt

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    Abkürzungsverzeichnis

    XI
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    Einleitung

    1
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    KAPITEL 1. Grundzüge der Tiergestalten: Mittel zur Charakterisierung menschlicher Eigenschaften und innerpsychischer Situationen

    19
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    KAPITEL 2. Groteske Verbindung von Realitätsebenen

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    KAPITEL 3. Metamorphosen

    101
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    KAPITEL 4. Tierparabeln

    136
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    KAPITEL 5. Tiervergleich

    173
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    KAPITEL 6. Mögliche Einflüsse der Pu Songlingschen Tierfiguren auf Kafkas Tierdarstellung

    191
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    KAPITEL 7. Literarhistorische Einbettung der Tiergeschichten von Pu Songling und Kafka

    213
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    Schlußwort

    251
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    Anhang

    253
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    Literaturverzeichnis

    264
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eBook published on:
October 10, 2013
eBook ISBN:
9783110938975
Hardcover published on:
March 7, 1996
Hardcover ISBN:
9783484320826
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Reprint 2013
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Front matter:
11
Main content:
280
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110938975
eBook ISBN: 9783110938975
Hardcover ISBN: 9783484320826
Keywords for this book
Kafka, Franz; Tiere; Pu, Songling
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