The Temple
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The Temple is a 1920 short story by Franz Kafka that explores themes of alienation, decay, and the uncanny through a mysterious object found aboard a ship.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Temple canonical | 1 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | Franz Kafka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
breakdown of rationality
ⓘ
human vulnerability ⓘ uncertainty of perception ⓘ |
| featuresObject | mysterious wooden block ⓘ |
| genre |
modernist fiction
ⓘ
weird fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasImagery |
images of rot and decay
ⓘ
maritime imagery ⓘ |
| hasTone |
claustrophobic
ⓘ
ominous ⓘ uncanny ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| length | short ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
surreal
ⓘ
symbolic ⓘ |
| motif |
claustrophobic environment
ⓘ
inexplicable phenomena ⓘ sea voyage ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Der Bau des Tempels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Franz Kafka short fiction corpus ⓘ |
| plotElement |
discovery of a strange object aboard a ship
ⓘ
gradual physical and psychological decay of the crew ⓘ increasingly uncanny events surrounding the object ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | ship officer ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1920 ⓘ |
| setting | ship ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
ⓘ
anxiety ⓘ decay ⓘ isolation ⓘ the uncanny ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Franz Kafka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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