A kind of negative dialectic applies to Kafka when it comes to characterizing his relationship to an idea such as Zionism: He was neither a Zionist nor a non-Zionist. It is therefore not a question of attitude, but rather of how Kafka engaged with Zionist ideas and texts, and whether this engagement is also recognizable in his literary texts – however shifted.
Andreas B. Kilcher is Professor of Literature and Cultural Studies at ETH Zürich. He is the author of the monograph „Franz Kafka. Life. Work. Wirkung“ (2008) and editor of „Franz Kafka: Die Zeichnungen“ (2021). This year his book „In Kafka's Workshop“ will be published in May.
The guest lecture will take place (online) as part of the seminar „Franz Kafka in the Intercultural Context of Prague“ at the Bohemicum – Center for Czech Studies at the University of Regensburg and is sponsored by the Regensburg University Foundation Hans Vielberth.
It is part of a lecture tour organized by the Adalbert Stifter Verein – Kulturinstitut für die böhmischen Länder, the Bohemicum – Center for Czech Studies at the University of Regensburg, the Institute for General and Comparative Literature at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität and the Institute for Czech Literature at the Czech Academy of Sciences.
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