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Introduction
1.0 - Hypothesis
course has been seen right from the start as the main exponent
determines his thinking ... and the nature of his own being
Pinter's work has been suggested only in the form of hints and
student of literature.
them. First and foremost are the works of Carl Jung. In his
as both the subjects have common object of study, viz; the mind
of man. And the human psyche is the womb of all sciences and
art on the one hand and on the other reveal the factors that make
explores the roots of the 20^ century man's anxieties which are
Kafka world not only the external one but also the inner
The Trial, we find an entry in the diary for 11* November 1911
a knife was being turned in his heart. Heller shows how this
The Trial.
from a superior source, the court. Once it has made K. feel its
glass wall. The writers place Kafka in the tradition of the great
Trial and with those of others has been most helpful for this
who has drawn attention to the fact that Joseph K.'s nightmares
Contributions to this volume cover all the key texts and discuss
world at the point where they have to solve their basic problem,
involving the hidden, the inner world of guilt and fear and its
world.
Stanley fights for his life, he does not want to be drowned but
says that he heard the voice of Kafka when he first read The
Birthday Party. The voice was the terror, the terror of the
comment.
Pinter was seen as a New Wave writer in the mid 1950s his
shown caught in the net of life and Pinter refuses to offer them
is still some place for a study that aims to show the implicit
The Room and The Caretaker are also included here as they go
between Kafka and Pinter especially in the way they react to the
the major points made in the study and shows how Kafka's
Since the study employs many terms drawn from the fields
tenns are given in alphabetical order and in the sense they have
Absurdism: This term has been derived from the Latin word
doubt about the nature of reality, the nature of the threat itself
organized individual.
menace.
Pinter the feeling of guilt does not stem from any such
others.
the Father as the source of all Evil. The Father absorbs and
Him.
one that persecutes its victim as in The Trial or one that may be
In the first place there is a rent in his relations with his world
but the latter is forever banished and can make its presence felt
only in dreams.
prevailing forces.
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