Dreaming in sound : listening to Kafka cinematically -- Acts of listening in silent media : implied sound in Kafka and early film -- The vocal supplement : recitation in Kafka and the advent of sound film -- Metaleptic noise : acousmatic nondiegetic sound in Kafka and film -- Epilogue: A modernist epistemology of literary sound.
Summary:
Kafka and Noise applies concepts from film theory and sound studies to explore noises in Kafka's writings--from Gregor Samsa's squeaking and Josefine the mouse singer's whistling to the terror of spoken Yiddish and the thrill of literary recitation.--Provided by publisher.
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