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Study Of The Mothers In Franz Kafka’s Novels By Categorization Method

Posted on:2017-01-26Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2295330488986433Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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Franz Kafka (Franz Kafka,1883-1924), the Austrian novelist, Western modernist literary master. Kafka was born into a vulgar under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, boring, authoritarian Jewish merchant family, his childhood love of literature. 18-year-old entered the Prague University to study literature and law in 1904, began writing. His life writing hard, leaving all kinds of information more than 300 million words. Major works for the three unfinished novels and a series of short stories. As a long time to sink worldwide attention after the death of writer whose obscurity during his lifetime, many of his works have not had time to publish and publication, nor set off much impact in the literary world. After his death, because his friend Max · Boluo De organize their work published and fame, formed an enduring "Kafka hot", and later literature had a profound impact.In recent years, Kafka Characters interpret article more research is relatively thorough. Overall, the current academic research for the characters in the novel Kafka Kafka focused on male image, including the image of father, son, image, doctors, artists, image, etc., less for their work Female Characters, but the lack of research in which the image of the mother. Significance of the topic of this paper are threefold:First, the general characteristics of Kafka’s novels Mother Mother image distribution and image building are described; the second is focused on the Kafkaesque three mother image; the third is from the National, cultural and social environment, religious consciousness, the family concept, feminism, and many other causes to their mother image, revealing the depths of the spirit of the ideal mother image of Kafka’s desire through the text, and it works significance mother Portrayal be explored, dig deeper significance mother Portrayal. This paper mainly adopted text reading criticism, and use of Imagologie Motif and research methods to ancient and modern works of Mother image as the reference, discuss Kafka novel features of the image of the mother, and to explore the Jewish " Father and Son "literary works of Franz Kafka Motif mother Portrayal of. In addition, the article also used the social-historical criticism, psychoanalytic criticism, feminist criticism criticism, from which the author background, religious beliefs and personal environment for the growth of their authors Works mother Image of the reasons for the more comprehensive analysis.This paper consists of three parts:introduction, body, conclusion, in which the body is divided into four chapters.Introductory part including issues raised, current research, the topic of significance and research methods, also described the distribution and general characteristics of the mother Portrayal Kafka maternal image.The first chapter discusses the silence as he’s a class mother image. In Kafka, we can truly appreciate his novels filled in deep fear for the father and the mother often appears as a silent otherness. This type of mother image, either in the absence of a state of silence, or showing weakness submissive character.The second chapter discusses patriarchy as an accomplice of a class mother image. In Kafka’s novels, the image of this type of mother I’ll always smart or tough indifferent posture. On them, it is difficult to find those qualities traditionally warm image of the mother should have, or they words sharp, distant; or exhibit morbid indifference, people did not find the biting cold comfort.The third chapter discusses the image of a kind mother has great maternal love. His father’s solemn dignity, Kafka at heart all the time eager to show the great maternal love. Reflected in literary works, in this type of female body image Kafka always has a gentle loving, kind-hearted and tolerant character, this kind of warmth "mother", undoubtedly a great motherly typical.The fourth chapter analyzes the causes of Kafka mother images. Two aspects of social history and writer for personal reasons, by causes social environment, culture and the influence of religion, family, marriage, feminism, and many of their novels mother images were discussed.The conclusion from Kafka Kafka mother motherhood View summary starting image ideal and practical significance to analyze Kafka Mother Portrayal.
Keywords/Search Tags:Franz Kafka, fiction, mother image, Comparative Literature
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