Kafka Flashcards
1
Q
Rhetorical questions / Pysma
A
“And what now?” “… his own devices?”
2
Q
Hypophora
A
“Could one sleep calmly… ? Well, he hadn’t…”
3
Q
Unreliable temporal signifiers
A
“twilight” “soon” “later”
4
Q
Unreliable narrator
A
“Perhaps his parents were sitting at the next table… perhaps they were all leaning against the door and listening”
5
Q
Synbolism
A
“A photo of Gregor from his military days”
6
Q
Extended metaphor
A
“His room, an ordinary human room”