Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaKafka´s “In The Penal Colony” as a psychoanalytic figuration of the experience [Erfahrung] of acceptance [Annahme]
Based on Kafka’s (2011) “In the Penal Colony”, published in 1914, in which an unusual form of execution of criminals is described, where the accused – who ignores the grounds for his execution – is placed in a machine that inscribes the reason for his condemnation on his back, causing the condemned...
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| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/letras/article/view/7503 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/61773 |
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| author | Barth, Luís Fernando Barnetche |
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| description | Based on Kafka’s (2011) “In the Penal Colony”, published in 1914, in which an unusual form of execution of criminals is described, where the accused – who ignores the grounds for his execution – is placed in a machine that inscribes the reason for his condemnation on his back, causing the condemned man’s death by transfixion, the aim of this paper is to investigate the psychological quality of the experience of limits. With the support of the original German-language text, the author examines the Kafkian attempt of the condemned to establish a true, revealing corporal experience through the “reading” of the sentence “inscribed” on his own body, by evoking the psychoanalytical concept of acceptance [Annahme] of unconscious content, through the liberation of psychological affection sparked by increased physical tension. This process is offered as a possible figuration of psychoanalytical experience [Erfahrung] of treatment, which, opposing itself to the idea of a mere existence, is understood as a profound experience that brings with it a learning experience that transforms into knowledge; an experience which goes beyond the subject and transforms it into the other. This work is based upon Freudian-Lacanian psychoanalytical literary criticism. |
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| spelling | clacso-CLACSO617732022-03-18T16:20:44Z Kafka´s “In The Penal Colony” as a psychoanalytic figuration of the experience [Erfahrung] of acceptance [Annahme] "Na colônia penal" de Kafka como uma figuração psicanalítica da experiência [Erfahrung] de aceitação [Annahme] Barth, Luís Fernando Barnetche Franz Kafka Psychoanalysis Experience Acceptance Franz Kafka Psicanálise Experiência Aceitação Based on Kafka’s (2011) “In the Penal Colony”, published in 1914, in which an unusual form of execution of criminals is described, where the accused – who ignores the grounds for his execution – is placed in a machine that inscribes the reason for his condemnation on his back, causing the condemned man’s death by transfixion, the aim of this paper is to investigate the psychological quality of the experience of limits. With the support of the original German-language text, the author examines the Kafkian attempt of the condemned to establish a true, revealing corporal experience through the “reading” of the sentence “inscribed” on his own body, by evoking the psychoanalytical concept of acceptance [Annahme] of unconscious content, through the liberation of psychological affection sparked by increased physical tension. This process is offered as a possible figuration of psychoanalytical experience [Erfahrung] of treatment, which, opposing itself to the idea of a mere existence, is understood as a profound experience that brings with it a learning experience that transforms into knowledge; an experience which goes beyond the subject and transforms it into the other. This work is based upon Freudian-Lacanian psychoanalytical literary criticism. Tomando como ponto de partida uma original e curiosa forma de execução de um criminoso descrita por Franz Kafka (2011) no conto “Na Colônia Penal”, escrito em 1914, na qual o acusado – que ignora o motivo de sua execução – é colocado em uma máquina que inscreve em suas costas o motivo de sua condenação levando-o à morte por transfixão, o presente artigo pretende investigar a qualidade psíquica desta experiência limite. Apoiado no texto original alemão, o autor examina a tentativa kafkiana de o condenado estabelecer uma verdadeira experiência corporal reveladora através da “leitura” da pena “escrita” em seu próprio corpo, aproximando-a do conceito psicanalítico de aceitação [Annahme] dos conteúdos inconscientes, pela liberação do afeto psíquico suscitado pelo aumento da tensão física. Este processo oferece-se como uma figuração possível da experiência [Erfahrung] psicanalítica de tratamento a qual, opondo-se à ideia de uma mera vivência, é entendida como uma experiência profunda que traz um aprendizado em si mesma e se transforma em saber; uma experiência que ultrapassa o sujeito tornando-o outro. A metodologia empregada é a crítica literária psicanalítica em sua vertente freudo-lacaniana. 2015-01-30 2022-03-18T16:20:44Z 2022-03-18T16:20:44Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/letras/article/view/7503 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/61773 por https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/letras/article/view/7503/5243 Copyright (c) 2015 Revista de Letras application/pdf Revista de Letras Revista de Letras Revista de Letras; Vol. 53 No. 2 (2013) Revista de Letras; v. 53 n. 2 (2013) 1981-7886 0101-3505 |
| spellingShingle | Franz Kafka Psychoanalysis Experience Acceptance Franz Kafka Psicanálise Experiência Aceitação Barth, Luís Fernando Barnetche Kafka´s “In The Penal Colony” as a psychoanalytic figuration of the experience [Erfahrung] of acceptance [Annahme] |
| title | Kafka´s “In The Penal Colony” as a psychoanalytic figuration of the experience [Erfahrung] of acceptance [Annahme] |
| title_full | Kafka´s “In The Penal Colony” as a psychoanalytic figuration of the experience [Erfahrung] of acceptance [Annahme] |
| title_fullStr | Kafka´s “In The Penal Colony” as a psychoanalytic figuration of the experience [Erfahrung] of acceptance [Annahme] |
| title_full_unstemmed | Kafka´s “In The Penal Colony” as a psychoanalytic figuration of the experience [Erfahrung] of acceptance [Annahme] |
| title_short | Kafka´s “In The Penal Colony” as a psychoanalytic figuration of the experience [Erfahrung] of acceptance [Annahme] |
| title_sort | kafka´s “in the penal colony” as a psychoanalytic figuration of the experience [erfahrung] of acceptance [annahme] |
| topic | Franz Kafka Psychoanalysis Experience Acceptance Franz Kafka Psicanálise Experiência Aceitação |
| url | https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/letras/article/view/7503 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/61773 |