In der Strafkolonie
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In der Strafkolonie is a 1914 short story by Franz Kafka that explores themes of justice, punishment, and bureaucracy through the depiction of a gruesome execution machine on a remote penal colony.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| In der Strafkolonie canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
literary work
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Franz Kafka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralObject | execution machine ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
blind obedience to authority
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cruel and unusual punishment ⓘ legalism ⓘ mechanization of justice ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ |
| firstPublicationLanguage | German ⓘ |
| genre |
existential fiction
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horror fiction ⓘ modernist literature ⓘ philosophical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
opera adaptation
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radio play adaptation ⓘ theatrical adaptation ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
the Condemned Man
NERFINISHED
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the Explorer NERFINISHED ⓘ the Officer ⓘ the Soldier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
inscription on the body
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labyrinthine procedures ⓘ ritualized execution ⓘ unquestioned rules ⓘ |
| influenced | later interpretations of Kafkaesque justice ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Expressionism
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Modernism ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| partOf | Franz Kafka's short fiction ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1914 ⓘ |
| setting |
penal colony
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remote island ⓘ |
| theme |
authority
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bureaucracy ⓘ capital punishment ⓘ dehumanization ⓘ guilt ⓘ justice ⓘ obedience ⓘ punishment ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | In the Penal Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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