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PARALLEL THEMES OF FRANZ KAFKA AND THOMAS PYNCHON

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Date Issued:
1982
Summary:
That the themes of paradox, quest, and paranoia, along with several lesser themes, are paralleled in the novels of Kafka and Pynchon (Amerika and V.; The Trial and The Crying of Lot 49; The Castle and Gravity's Rainbow) can be demonstrated by a comparative analysis supported by specific examples from their works. That these themes inform Kafka's work within a serious construct of despair and Pynchon's work within a humorous construct of apocalypse, both leading to the possibility of transcendence, is revealed by an examination of their novels in juxtaposition. The validity of their visions is affirmed by the relevance of their work to the human condition.
Title: PARALLEL THEMES OF FRANZ KAFKA AND THOMAS PYNCHON.
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Name(s): LATTIMER, LOIS J.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Coyle, William, Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1982
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 81 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: That the themes of paradox, quest, and paranoia, along with several lesser themes, are paralleled in the novels of Kafka and Pynchon (Amerika and V.; The Trial and The Crying of Lot 49; The Castle and Gravity's Rainbow) can be demonstrated by a comparative analysis supported by specific examples from their works. That these themes inform Kafka's work within a serious construct of despair and Pynchon's work within a humorous construct of apocalypse, both leading to the possibility of transcendence, is revealed by an examination of their novels in juxtaposition. The validity of their visions is affirmed by the relevance of their work to the human condition.
Identifier: 14108 (digitool), FADT14108 (IID), fau:10922 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1982.
Subject(s): Kafka, Franz,--1883-1924--Criticism and interpretation
Pynchon, Thomas--Criticism and interpretation
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