Marking the body as a form of appropriation and power in Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee and “In the Penal Colony” by Franz Kafka

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School essay

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3 pages

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.doc

Published date :

08/30/2007

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Table of Contents Marking the body as a form of appropriation and power in Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee and “In the Penal Colony” by Franz Kafka Table of Contents

 
  1. Introduction
  2. Looking at the first two levels
  3. An instrument of justice
  4. The branding of people
  5. The prostitute from the hotel
  6. Conclusion

Abstract

In waiting for the barbarians by J.M. coetzee as well as "In the penal colony" by franz kafka, the marking of or writing on the body as a form of power or appropriation takes place on many levels. In both works, we have the inhumanly cruel military officials of the colonialist power - kafka's Officer is completely deranged - who carry out acts of torture on members of the local population to subjugate them into debilitated passivity, or kill them in order to instill fear into the colonized population and demonstrate their strength and technological prowess.

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pencil image Valeriya Y.  
Level :Advanced Study : Linguistics School/University : SUNY Binghamton