Kafka Unchained: Returns beyond Biofiction

Against the background of the 100th anniversary of Franz Kafka’s death, the article explores a branch of author-as-character fiction that escapes the generic restraints of biography and biofiction: unchained writer fiction. Using Steven Soderbergh’s film Kafka (1991), filmmaker Gil Kofman’s novel de...

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Published in:	Svět Literatury
Main Author:	Benno Wagner
Format:	Article
Language:	Czech
Published:	Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická Fakulta 2024-06-01
Subjects:	author-as-character biofiction unchained writer fiction narratology intertextuality canon
Online Access:	https://svetliteratury.ff.cuni.cz/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2024/11/Beno_Wagner_135-150.pdf

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