%0 Book
%A Barbara McKenzie
%D 2011
%C Lausanne, Switzerland
%I Peter Lang Verlag
%@ 9783035102390
%T Colour and Light, Illness and Death
%B A New Interpretation of Kafka’s "Der Proceß</I>
%R 10.3726/978-3-0351-0239-0
%U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1052357
%X This work explores an original interpretation of Franz Kafka’s novel, Der Proceß (The Trial), which argues that the novel is in the form of a series of dreams, dreamt by a man who has been stricken with a serious illness. The thesis presents detailed evidence to show that the novel is intended to be a transcript of the dreams of the protagonist, Josef K., and that K. is suffering from tuberculosis, a fact which both gives rise to and shapes his dreams.  The thesis also discusses the special role of art, literature and colour, which have a notable effect on the way the illness manifests itself in the dreams.  In arguing this interpretation the author explodes a number of myths about the novel, not least that the world of Josef K., rather than being dreary and monochrome, is full of beauty and colour.
%K art, literature, dreams
%G English