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In the Penal Colony follows an unnamed traveler visiting a remote penal colony, where he encounters a gruesome execution machine that carries out sentences in a chillingly intricate manner. As the colony's officer passionately describes the machine and its philosophical implications,... Read Full Overview

"In the Penal Colony" ("In der Strafkolonie") (also translated as "In the Penal Settlement") is a short story by Franz Kafka written in German in October 1914, revised in November 1918, and first published in October 1919.The story is set in an unnamed penal colony. Internal... Read Full Overview

The story focuses on the Explorer, who is encountering the brutal machine for the first time. Everything about the machine and its purpose is told to him by the Officer. The Soldier and the Condemned (who is unaware that he has been sentenced to die) placidly watch from nearby... Read Full Overview

The story is set in an unnamed penal colony. Internal clues and the setting on an island suggest Octave Mirbeau's The Torture Garden as an influence. As in some of Kafka's other writings, the narrator in this story seems detached from, or perhaps numbed by, events that one would... Read Full Overview

Kafkas Erz hlung thematisiert das problematische Verh ltnis von Macht und Gerechtigkeit. Der Dichter evoziert Bilder, die aus sozialen und psychischen Tiefenschichten hochdr ngen, und f gt sie in dieses Spannungsfeld ein. Die Kafka-Kennerin Renate Werner und der Florentiner... Read Full Overview

Kafkas Erz hlung thematisiert das problematische Verh ltnis von Macht und Gerechtigkeit. Der Dichter evoziert Bilder, die aus sozialen und psychischen Tiefenschichten hochdr ngen, und f gt sie in dieses Spannungsfeld ein. Die Kafka-Kennerin Renate Werner und der Florentiner... Read Full Overview

In the Penal Colony follows an unnamed traveler visiting a remote penal colony, where he encounters a gruesome execution machine that carries out sentences in a chillingly intricate manner. As the colony's officer passionately describes the machine and its philosophical implications,... Read Full Overview

In the Penal Colony follows an unnamed traveler visiting a remote penal colony, where he encounters a gruesome execution machine that carries out sentences in a chillingly intricate manner. As the colony's officer passionately describes the machine and its philosophical implications,... Read Full Overview

In the Penal Colony follows an unnamed traveler visiting a remote penal colony, where he encounters a gruesome execution machine that carries out sentences in a chillingly intricate manner. As the colony's officer passionately describes the machine and its philosophical implications,... Read Full Overview

Es ist ein eigent mlicher Apparat, sagte der Offizier zu dem Forschungsreisenden und berblickte mit einem gewissermassen bewundernden Blick den ihm doch wohlbekannten Apparat. Der Reisende schien nur aus H flichkeit der Einladung des Kommandanten gefolgt zu sein, der ihn aufgefordert... Read Full Overview

"In der Strafkolonie" ist eine Erz hlung von Franz Kafka, die im Oktober 1914 entstand und 1919 ver ffentlicht wurde. Einem Forschungsreisenden wird das Rechtssystem einer Strafkolonie vorgef hrt. Es besteht darin, dass jeder Angeklagte nach Festlegung des Urteils, das nicht... Read Full Overview