Framing an Accusation in Dialogue: Kafka’s Letter to His Father and Sarraute’s Childhood

Kafka in the Letter to His Father mimics a courtroom trial with pleadings and rejoinders; Sarraute in Childhood tells her story in the form of a dialogue between herself and an initially confrontational, later complicit interlocutor. Curiously, both autobiographical texts have accusatory agendas. Ka...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lorna Martens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Groningen Press 2016-11-01
Series:European Journal of Life Writing
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Online Access:https://ejlw.eu/article/view/31477