Kuzma, Joseph Dlaboha (2011) Erotic scenographies : Blanchot, Nietzsche & the exigency of return. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

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Abstract

It is undoubtedly one of Kafka's finest erotic scenes – the description of K.'s furtive tryst
on the tap-room floor. –
Wrapped in Frieda's arms, he rolls back and forth through small puddles of beer and
rubbish, her small body burning in his reluctant hands. "Hours passed there," writes
Kafka, "hours breathing together with a single heartbeart [gemeinsamen Herzschlags],
hours in which K. constantly felt he was lost or had wandered farther into foreign lands
[der Fremde] than any human being before him..." What makes this passage so
compelling is the manner in which Kafka, in four short lines, manages to distil
everything ambiguous and terrifying about the erotic relation into a scene which,
otherwise, could almost pass for sentimental.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PQ Romance literatures P Language and Literature > PT Germanic literature
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Blanchot, Maurice -- Criticism and interpretation, Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900 -- Criticism and interpretation, Eroticism in literature
Official Date:	October 2011
Dates:	Date Event October 2011 Submitted
Institution:	University of Warwick
Theses Department:	Department of Philosophy
Thesis Type:	PhD
Publication Status:	Unpublished
Supervisor(s)/Advisor:	Ansell-Pearson, Keith, 1960- ; Hill, Leslie, 1949-
Extent:	[10], 450, [14] leaves
Language:	eng

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