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Kafka “Amerika” The Man Who Disappeared
Amerika, also known as Der Verschollene or The Man Who Disappeared, was the incomplete first novel of author Franz Kafka, published posthumously in 1927. The novel originally began as a short story titled The Stoker. The first chapter of this novel is a short story titled “The Stoker”. The story describes the bizarre wanderings of…
Kafka “A Country Doctor”
A Country Doctor I was in great difficulty. An urgent journey was facing me. A seriously ill man was waiting for me in a village ten miles distant. A severe snowstorm filled the space between him and me. I had a carriage—a light one, with large wheels, entirely suitable for our country roads. Wrapped up…
Kafka “The Metamorphosis”
The Metamorphosis is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in Austria-Hungary in German language in 1915. In German the title is known as “Die Verwandlung.” The Genre — Philosophical novella and absurdist fiction. The Metamorphosis is often cited as one of the seminal works of short fiction of the 20th century and is widely…
Franz Kafka “Before the Law”
Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) Franz Kafka was born to middle class German-speaking Jewish parents in Prague, Bohemia (now part of the Czech Republic.) Kafka’s work Kafka is one of the most influential fiction writers of the early 20th century; a novelist and writer of short stories whose works, only after…
My thoughts of Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis”
Entrance into the Kaleidoscopic Kafkaesque Turning the Kaleidoscope of the Surreal The main character of the story, Gregor Samsa, is a traveling salesman, who works hard to take care of his parents and sister, even though they are not as appreciative. But one morning he wakes up and finds himself transformed into a giant insect….
Religion and Horror on the Silver Screen
My thoughts of Sacred Terror Douglas E. Cowan’s “Sacred Terror: Religion and Horror on the Silver Screen” was quite a fascinating read, full of information and examples of cinema horror. The book, overall, is a discussion of a strong presence of religion in horror films. It presents demonic creatures, the undead and evil, which are…
Final Research Project for Religious Studies Class
Research Paper Purpose: to dissect a literary work, and find religious significance in terms of Science Fiction, Mystery and Horror. The work I have chosen is a mind altering movie originally written by one of the masters of the macabre, H. P. Lovecraft. The film “resonates” with horror, mystery, and science fiction, with apparently little…
The Enduring Edgar Allen Poe
Edgar Allan Poe During the 40 years of his life, Edgar Allan Poe faced numerous burdens that caused him to struggle throughout his lifetime and at the same time using that experience as an element in his literature. His poetry and stories are full of dark, sorrow and dreary themes of uncertainty, since horror stems…
The silence of God
Horror and The Holy The Silence of God, Surrealism, the Supernatural, and the Plain Creepy If Not Downright Eerie A very religious dynamic, believe it or not, is found in the idea of the silence of God. Two phrases illustrate this quite well: the idea of a deus otiosus and the deus absconditas are Latin…