In the Penal Colony
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"In the Penal Colony" is a dark, allegorical short story by Franz Kafka that explores themes of justice, bureaucracy, and cruelty through the depiction of a gruesome execution machine in a remote penal settlement.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
allegorical fiction
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literary work ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| author | Franz Kafka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralObject |
execution machine
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torture apparatus ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1919 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Leipzig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
absurdist fiction
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modernist literature ⓘ philosophical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
opera adaptations
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radio adaptations ⓘ stage adaptations ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
Czech
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English ⓘ French ⓘ Italian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ many other languages ⓘ |
| includedIn | collection "In der Strafkolonie" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | interpretations of Kafkaesque justice ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
the Condemned Man
NERFINISHED
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the Explorer NERFINISHED ⓘ the Officer NERFINISHED ⓘ the Soldier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
detailed description of execution machine
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open-ended conclusion ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle | In der Strafkolonie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Franz Kafka short fiction corpus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstBookEdition | Kurt Wolff Verlag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
island-like penal settlement
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remote penal colony ⓘ |
| theme |
authority
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bureaucracy ⓘ capital punishment ⓘ cruelty ⓘ dehumanization ⓘ guilt and punishment ⓘ justice ⓘ legalism ⓘ obedience ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| writtenYear | 1914 ⓘ |
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