Om ambiguitetstoleranse, litteraturdidaktikk og Kafkas siste fortelling, Josefine, die Sängerin oder Das Volk der Mäuse
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Andreas Reckwitz warns against a development towards a society where we try to avoid having to deal with negativity and ambiguity. This article argues that literature and literature didactics are important contributors to combat this alarming development. Working with literature may strengthen our ability to handle with adversity, ambiguity and negativity. This article gives a close reading of Franz Kafkaʾs Josephine the Singer, or The Mouse Folk (1924) as an example for a highly dense and multivocal literary text that challenges the pupil, the student or any other reader thinking about her or his way dealing with ambiguities, both in art and daily life.
DOI: 10.58215/ella.38
Author: Suzanne Bordemann
Institution: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Language: English
Topic: Franz Kafka Literary Studies
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4408811488