In this classic of critical thought, Deleuze and Guattari challenge conventional interpretations of Kafka's work. Instead of exploring preexisting categories or literary genres, they propose a concept of "minor literature"-the use of a major language that subverts it from within. Writing as a Jew in Prague, they contend, Kafka made German "take flight on a line of escape" and joyfully became a stranger within it. His work therefore serves as a model for understanding all critical language that must operate within the confines of the dominant language and culture.
ISBN: | 9780816615155 |
Publication date: | 31st October 1986 |
Author: | Gilles Deleuze |
Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 136 pages |
Series: | Theory and History of Literature |
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Literary reference works |