Author : Patrick O'Neill
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442623802
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)
Book Synopsis Transforming Kafka by : Patrick O'Neill
Download or read book Transforming Kafka written by Patrick O'Neill and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2014-11-21 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lyrical, mysterious, and laden with symbolism, Franz Kafka’s novels and stories have been translated into more than forty languages ranging from Icelandic to Japanese. In Transforming Kafka, Patrick O’Neill approaches these texts through the method he pioneered in Polyglot Joyce and Impossible Joyce, considering the many translations of each work as a single, multilingual “macrotext.” Examining three novels – The Trial, The Castle, and America – and two short stories – “The Judgment” and “The Metamorphosis” – O’Neill offers comparative readings that consider both intertextual and intratextual themes. His innovative approach shows how comparing translations extends and expands the potential meanings of the text and reveals the subtle differences among the hundreds of translations of Kafka’s work. A sophisticated analysis of the ways in which translation shapes, rearranges, and expands our understanding of literary works, Transforming Kafka is a unique approach to reading the works of a literary giant.