Kafka, Lynch, and Frost—The Trial and Tribulations in Twin Peaks: The Return

Based on David Lynch’s lifelong preoccupation with the prose of Franz Kafka, this article argues that Twin Peaks: The Return (2017) represents an homage to Kafka’s novel The Trial (1925). The text identifies and analyzes several parallels between these works (their interplay with what Espen Hammer c...

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Autor principal:	Karla Lončar
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Publicado:	New York City College of Technology 2020
Materias:	twin peaks david lynch franz kafka the trial literature novels crime narrative History of scholarship and learning. The humanities AZ20-999 Language and Literature P Literature (General) PN1-6790
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:10293b7aebd04b1680eb47c2083400c22021-11-08T21:53:42ZKafka, Lynch, and Frost—The Trial and Tribulations in Twin Peaks: The Return2160-0104https://doaj.org/article/10293b7aebd04b1680eb47c2083400c22020-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://nanocrit.com/issues/issue15/Kafka-Lynch-and-Frost-The-Trial-and-Tribulations-in-Twin-Peaks-The-Returnhttps://doaj.org/toc/2160-0104Based on David Lynch’s lifelong preoccupation with the prose of Franz Kafka, this article argues that Twin Peaks: The Return (2017) represents an homage to Kafka’s novel The Trial (1925). The text identifies and analyzes several parallels between these works (their interplay with what Espen Hammer calls the genre of the metaphysical crime narrative and their use of motifs of doors and thresholds) in order to explain how they contribute to the complexity of Lynch and Frost’s television series.Karla LončarNew York City College of Technologyarticletwin peaksdavid lynchfranz kafkathe trialliteraturenovelscrime narrativeHistory of scholarship and learning. The humanitiesAZ20-999Language and LiteraturePLiterature (General)PN1-6790ENNANO, Iss 15 (2020)
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description	Based on David Lynch’s lifelong preoccupation with the prose of Franz Kafka, this article argues that Twin Peaks: The Return (2017) represents an homage to Kafka’s novel The Trial (1925). The text identifies and analyzes several parallels between these works (their interplay with what Espen Hammer calls the genre of the metaphysical crime narrative and their use of motifs of doors and thresholds) in order to explain how they contribute to the complexity of Lynch and Frost’s television series.
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Kafka, Lynch, and Frost—The Trial and Tribulations in Twin Peaks: The Return

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