UNAS 1106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Dung Beetle, Atonality
19 Mar 2017
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Plot: ironic and comedic with tragedy: satire borders on nihilism. Musically: should remind you of atonality in classical music. Modern meditation on the book of job. Kafka: jewish, prague is primarily catholic, single, alienated from his community, alienated from the history that began with moses, being married keeps you in the story of abraham. Ovid: metamorphosis, alie(cid:374)ated fro(cid:373) o(cid:374)e"s o(cid:449)(cid:374) hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)ity. Job: punished because he was pious, never admitted that he transgressed the law, (cid:862)why (cid:271)e faithful(cid:863, redemption is realizing that god never abandoned him, everything was taken from him. Metamorphosis: father is the o(cid:374)e"s i(cid:374) (cid:272)harge, son has taken the place of the father, disrupted jewish family ideals, punishment, may be because he usurped the place of the father, lifeless. Lecture 25: mitigates against the enlightenment, reaso(cid:374) does(cid:374)"t figure out e(cid:448)erythi(cid:374)g, gregor had to die for punishment to be fulfilled, transcendance is muffled at best.
