Literary analysis of Kafka through Nietzschean lens

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Re: Literary analysis of Kafka through Nietzschean lens

Post by Fanny » Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:39 am

FrigidSymphony wrote:What does that mean? Care to elaborate?
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FrigidSymphony wrote:Not exactly my point. I wasn't focusing on the inanity of religion, but on the debilitating effect it has on the people who believe in it.
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Re: Literary analysis of Kafka through Nietzschean lens

Post by soul_biscuit » Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:45 am

Fanny wrote:
FrigidSymphony wrote:What does that mean? Care to elaborate?
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FrigidSymphony wrote:Not exactly my point. I wasn't focusing on the inanity of religion, but on the debilitating effect it has on the people who believe in it.
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Re: Literary analysis of Kafka through Nietzschean lens

Post by Chinaski » Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:15 am

I get it :lol:
Is there for honest poverty
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The coward slave, we pass him by
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Re: Literary analysis of Kafka through Nietzschean lens

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FrigidSymphony wrote:I get it :lol:
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Re: Literary analysis of Kafka through Nietzschean lens

Post by Chinaski » Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:08 pm

Btw, got full marks for this paper. Thanks to baa for his criticisms, and thanks to everyone who actually read it. I like people paying that much attention to me :P
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That hangs his heid and a' that
The coward slave, we pass him by
We dare be puir for a' that.

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Re: Literary analysis of Kafka through Nietzschean lens

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Mon Mar 09, 2009 2:38 pm

FrigidSymphony wrote:Btw, got full marks for this paper. Thanks to baa for his criticisms, and thanks to everyone who actually read it. I like people paying that much attention to me :P
Well done FS! It was a well written piece and deserved full marks - I am assuming that your lecturer isn't born-again however! :mrgreen:
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Re: Literary analysis of Kafka through Nietzschean lens

Post by Chinaski » Mon Mar 09, 2009 3:53 pm

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:
FrigidSymphony wrote:Btw, got full marks for this paper. Thanks to baa for his criticisms, and thanks to everyone who actually read it. I like people paying that much attention to me :P
Well done FS! It was a well written piece and deserved full marks - I am assuming that your lecturer isn't born-again however! :mrgreen:
Absolutely not, in fact much of the class time is spent with the two of us exchanging puns and subtle jokes at the cost of religion (and some of the conservative students) :mrgreen: English is pretty much the only class I actually enjoy going to (because it either challenges me or doesn't bore me).
Is there for honest poverty
That hangs his heid and a' that
The coward slave, we pass him by
We dare be puir for a' that.

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