FRANZ KAFKA AND EUGEN IONESCU. THE BEETLE AND THE RHINOCEROS Cover Image

FRANZ KAFKA ŞI EUGEN IONESCU. GÂNDACUL ŞI RINOCERII
FRANZ KAFKA AND EUGEN IONESCU. THE BEETLE AND THE RHINOCEROS

Author(s): Florin Dochia
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, German Literature, Romanian Literature, Existentialism, Philology
Published by: Editura Universităţii Vasile Goldiş
Keywords: Franz Kafka; Eugène Ionesco; metamorphosis; Rhinoceros; guilt; absurd; existentialism; isolation; loneliness;

Summary/Abstract: The play draws attention to a comparison between Franz Kafka's short stories Metamorphosis and Eugen Ionescu's play The Rhinoceros, from the perspective of the influence of the former on the meanings of the text of the latter, both belonging to the same literary movements of the twentieth century - the absurd & existentialism, largely practitioners and magical realism.

  • Issue Year: XVIII/2022
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 31-37
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Romanian