Notes on Kafka’s "The Problem of Our Laws"

In the parable “The Problem of Our Laws”, Kafka portraits a society ruled by the laws … More

Notes on Kafka’s "Josephine the Singer, or the Mousefolk"

At the very end of Kafka’s story, “Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk”, the narrator says that “the people … More

Toward a New Model of Autobiographer: Analyses of Narrative and Chronology Structures in Roland Barthes’ “Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes” and Friedrich Nietzsche’s “Ecce Homo”

Introduction In this paper, I will draw attention to two autobiographical works: Roland Barthes’ “Roland Barthes” and Friedrich Nietzsche’s “Ecce … More

On the Uses and Disadvantages of History for Life

_ “In any case, I hate everything that merely instructs me without augmenting or directly invigorating my activity.” These words … More