The Journey Without νόστος: Franz Kafka and Gracco

The Journey Without νόστος: Franz Kafka and Gracco

The short story Gracchus Hunter written by Franz Kafka (1917) is about the ‘unheimlich’ adventure of Gracchus, a dead man traveller and Kafka’s alter ego, who is unable to overcome the limits of life. The inattentive boatman Charon takes a wrong path and Gracchus is compelled to roam in the sea - th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Between (Cagliari) 2017-11, Vol.7 (14)
1. Verfasser: Raffaella Bertazzoli
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Barca
Gracco
Kafka
Malattia
Morte
Zwischenwelt
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Zusammenfassung:The short story Gracchus Hunter written by Franz Kafka (1917) is about the ‘unheimlich’ adventure of Gracchus, a dead man traveller and Kafka’s alter ego, who is unable to overcome the limits of life. The inattentive boatman Charon takes a wrong path and Gracchus is compelled to roam in the sea - that is in the border between life and death - forever. This story is an allegory of Kafka's existential condition of illness and discomfort.
ISSN:2039-6597
2039-6597
DOI:10.13125/2039-6597/3064