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Die Verwandlung... verstehen
Die Bände der Reihe EinFach Deutsch … verstehen beziehen sich auf traditionelle und moderne literarische Werke, die häufig in der Schule gelesen werden und auch für Prüfungen von Bedeutung sind.
Sie richten sich vor allem an Schülerinnen und Schüler, aber auch an andere interessierte Leserinnen und Leser, die Material suchen, um den Leseprozess zu begleiten, zu entlasten und zu optimieren.
Im Einzelnen zeichnet sich die Reihe durch folgende Elemente aus : ein Anschreiben an die Leserin und den Leser, welches zur Auseinandersetzung mit dem eiligen Werk motivieren soll ein Schaubild zur Personenkonstellation eine gegliederte und mehrfach grafisch aufbereitete Inhaltszusammenfung mit ersten Deutungsakzenten, die den Verstehensprozess initiieren und leiten Hintergrundinformationen zur Entstehung des Werks, zu biografischen, kunsttheoretischen und ideengeschichtlichen Aspekten sowie zur Rezeption modellhafte Charakterisierungen der Hauptfiguren exemplarische ysen zentraler Szenen Übersichten zur möglichen Vernetzung mit anderen Werken Hinweise zu weiterführender Literatur und zu Internetadressen
Für die Schule in besonderer Weise relevante Aufsatzformen wie die Charakterisierung und die yse (Beschreibung und Deutung) ausgewählter Textstellen werden dabei nicht einfach vorgegeben, sondern durch entsprechende systematische Hinweise eingeführt oder in Erinnerung gerufen.
EinFach Deutsch ... verstehen ersetzt nicht den Interpretationsprozess, die Bände der Reihe fordern den aktiven Leser und die aktive Leserin!
Sie richten sich vor allem an Schülerinnen und Schüler, aber auch an andere interessierte Leserinnen und Leser, die Material suchen, um den Leseprozess zu begleiten, zu entlasten und zu optimieren.
Im Einzelnen zeichnet sich die Reihe durch folgende Elemente aus : ein Anschreiben an die Leserin und den Leser, welches zur Auseinandersetzung mit dem eiligen Werk motivieren soll ein Schaubild zur Personenkonstellation eine gegliederte und mehrfach grafisch aufbereitete Inhaltszusammenfung mit ersten Deutungsakzenten, die den Verstehensprozess initiieren und leiten Hintergrundinformationen zur Entstehung des Werks, zu biografischen, kunsttheoretischen und ideengeschichtlichen Aspekten sowie zur Rezeption modellhafte Charakterisierungen der Hauptfiguren exemplarische ysen zentraler Szenen Übersichten zur möglichen Vernetzung mit anderen Werken Hinweise zu weiterführender Literatur und zu Internetadressen
Für die Schule in besonderer Weise relevante Aufsatzformen wie die Charakterisierung und die yse (Beschreibung und Deutung) ausgewählter Textstellen werden dabei nicht einfach vorgegeben, sondern durch entsprechende systematische Hinweise eingeführt oder in Erinnerung gerufen.
EinFach Deutsch ... verstehen ersetzt nicht den Interpretationsprozess, die Bände der Reihe fordern den aktiven Leser und die aktive Leserin!
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Published January 1, 2010
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About the author
Franz Kafka
3,231 books38.6k followersFranz Kafka was a German-speaking writer from Prague whose work became one of the foundations of modern literature, even though he published only a small part of his writing during his lifetime. Born into a middle-class Jewish family in Prague, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Kafka grew up amid German, Czech, and Jewish cultural influences that shaped his sense of displacement and linguistic precision. His difficult relationship with his authoritarian father left a lasting mark, fostering feelings of guilt, anxiety, and inadequacy that became central themes in his fiction and personal writings.
Kafka studied law at the German University in Prague, earning a doctorate in 1906. He chose law for practical reasons rather than personal inclination, a compromise that troubled him throughout his life. After university, he worked for several insurance institutions, most notably the Workers Accident Insurance Institute for the Kingdom of Bohemia. His duties included assessing industrial accidents and drafting legal reports, work he carried out competently and responsibly. Nevertheless, Kafka regarded his professional life as an obstacle to his true vocation, and most of his writing was done at night or during periods of illness and leave. Kafka began publishing short prose pieces in his early adulthood, later collected in volumes such as Contemplation and A Country Doctor. These works attracted little attention at the time but already displayed the hallmarks of his mature style, including precise language, emotional restraint, and the application of calm logic to deeply unsettling situations. His major novels The Trial, The Castle, and Amerika were left unfinished and unpublished during his lifetime. They depict protagonists trapped within opaque systems of authority, facing accusations, rules, or hierarchies that remain unexplained and unreachable. Themes of alienation, guilt, bureaucracy, law, and punishment run throughout Kafka’s work. His characters often respond to absurd or terrifying circumstances with obedience or resignation, reflecting his own conflicted relationship with authority and obligation. Kafka’s prose avoids overt symbolism, yet his narratives function as powerful metaphors through structure, repetition, and tone. Ordinary environments gradually become nightmarish without losing their internal coherence. Kafka’s personal life was marked by emotional conflict, chronic self-doubt, and recurring illness. He formed intense but troubled romantic relationships, including engagements that he repeatedly broke off, fearing that marriage would interfere with his writing. His extensive correspondence and diaries reveal a relentless self-critic, deeply concerned with morality, spirituality, and the demands of artistic integrity. In his later years, Kafka’s health deteriorated due to tuberculosis, forcing him to withdraw from work and spend long periods in sanatoriums. Despite his illness, he continued writing when possible. He died young, leaving behind a large body of unpublished manuscripts. Before his death, he instructed his close friend Max Brod to destroy all of his remaining work. Brod ignored this request and instead edited and published Kafka’s novels, stories, and diaries, ensuring his posthumous reputation.
The publication of Kafka’s work after his death established him as one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. The term Kafkaesque entered common usage to describe situations marked by oppressive bureaucracy, absurd logic, and existential anxiety. His writing has been interpreted through existential, religious, psychological, and political perspectives, though Kafka himself resisted definitive meanings. His enduring power lies in his ability to articulate modern anxiety with clarity and restraint.
Kafka studied law at the German University in Prague, earning a doctorate in 1906. He chose law for practical reasons rather than personal inclination, a compromise that troubled him throughout his life. After university, he worked for several insurance institutions, most notably the Workers Accident Insurance Institute for the Kingdom of Bohemia. His duties included assessing industrial accidents and drafting legal reports, work he carried out competently and responsibly. Nevertheless, Kafka regarded his professional life as an obstacle to his true vocation, and most of his writing was done at night or during periods of illness and leave. Kafka began publishing short prose pieces in his early adulthood, later collected in volumes such as Contemplation and A Country Doctor. These works attracted little attention at the time but already displayed the hallmarks of his mature style, including precise language, emotional restraint, and the application of calm logic to deeply unsettling situations. His major novels The Trial, The Castle, and Amerika were left unfinished and unpublished during his lifetime. They depict protagonists trapped within opaque systems of authority, facing accusations, rules, or hierarchies that remain unexplained and unreachable. Themes of alienation, guilt, bureaucracy, law, and punishment run throughout Kafka’s work. His characters often respond to absurd or terrifying circumstances with obedience or resignation, reflecting his own conflicted relationship with authority and obligation. Kafka’s prose avoids overt symbolism, yet his narratives function as powerful metaphors through structure, repetition, and tone. Ordinary environments gradually become nightmarish without losing their internal coherence. Kafka’s personal life was marked by emotional conflict, chronic self-doubt, and recurring illness. He formed intense but troubled romantic relationships, including engagements that he repeatedly broke off, fearing that marriage would interfere with his writing. His extensive correspondence and diaries reveal a relentless self-critic, deeply concerned with morality, spirituality, and the demands of artistic integrity. In his later years, Kafka’s health deteriorated due to tuberculosis, forcing him to withdraw from work and spend long periods in sanatoriums. Despite his illness, he continued writing when possible. He died young, leaving behind a large body of unpublished manuscripts. Before his death, he instructed his close friend Max Brod to destroy all of his remaining work. Brod ignored this request and instead edited and published Kafka’s novels, stories, and diaries, ensuring his posthumous reputation.
The publication of Kafka’s work after his death established him as one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. The term Kafkaesque entered common usage to describe situations marked by oppressive bureaucracy, absurd logic, and existential anxiety. His writing has been interpreted through existential, religious, psychological, and political perspectives, though Kafka himself resisted definitive meanings. His enduring power lies in his ability to articulate modern anxiety with clarity and restraint.
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May 29, 2024
"Die Verwandlung" war gut,
"Die Verwandlung... verstehen" war schon sehr hilfreich,
trotzdem war die Klausur sehr sehr aua.
1/10, mache ich nicht wieder.
"Die Verwandlung... verstehen" war schon sehr hilfreich,
trotzdem war die Klausur sehr sehr aua.
1/10, mache ich nicht wieder.
Displaying 1 of 1 review