The Cat, the Dog, and the Kitten-Lamb: The Animal Figure in Kafka and Derrida
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2021-07-20
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Prominent thinkers on the work of Franz Kafka - among whom Margot Norris, and Deleuze and Guattari - have argued that Kafka’s hybrid animals cannot be metaphors or figures. In this article, I will develop an alternative concept of figure better suited to capture the nature of Kafka’s hybrid creatures, in order to avoid the complete elimination of figures from his animal stories. First, I will explore the animal figure in the work of Jacques Derrida: the basis of the alternative. Then, I will use Derrida’s animal figure as a conceptual lens through which the figural aspects of Kafka’s animals can be acknowledged. My main aim is to show how Kafka can approach the animal while using figures.
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Faculteit der Filosofie, Theologie en Religiewetenschappen