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Kaspar by Peter Handke is a play, but the stage directions are so extensive that at first glance the book seems to be experiimental prose, and perhaps it could be regarded as such. Because surely, as a play it would be considered experimental, and the play mainly consists of a very long monologue. The text of the monologue would also be considered experimental of avant-garde, as it often lacks coherence and consists of many repetitions. While as a play it is very hard to read, reading the work as a prose piece makes it easier. Then, too, the synchronicity of the stage directions and the texts is difficult.

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Ich habe das Stück nicht gelesen und werde es wohl auch kaum lesen. Dieses Stück kommt erst in der Aufführung zum Leben. Ein Abend, den ich nicht so schnell vergessen werde. Kaspar weiß nicht wer er ist, er sucht eine Identität; die Menschen, zu denen er gerät, wollen ihm ihre Sprache lehren und durch sie seine Identität formen: die Sprache als Instrument der Macht. Kaspar wird zu dem, wie er benannt wird. Von allen unzähligen Möglichkeiten wird die ihm gelehrte Sprache ihm die wenigsten verwirklichen, die wenigen gelernten Worte werden seine Vorstellung und Wünsche beschränken. Hat nicht schon Whorf geschrieben, dass die Wirklichkeit durch die Sprache geschaffen wird?
Ein absurdes Stück, das die Absurdität des Lebens in der show more Gesellschaft mit ihrem täglichen absurden Geschwätz bloslegt. Viel wird darüber geschrieben sein, ich habe nichts gelesen und habe auch kein großes Bedürfnis dazu. Für mich ist es ... (III-16)

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Peter Handke was born in Griffen, Austria on December 6, 1942. He studied law at Graz University from 1961 to 1965. He is a playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist. His plays include Offending the Audience, Kaspar, and The Ride across Lake Constance. His novels include The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick, The Left-Handed Woman, and A Sorrow show more beyond Dreams. He was awarded the Buchner Prize in 1973 and refused to accept the Kafka Prize in 1979. (Bowker Author Biography) Peter Handke was born in Griffen, Austria, in 1942. His many works include Absence (FSG, 1990), The Jukebox and Other Essays on Storytelling (FSG, 1994), and, most recently, My Year in the No-Man's-Bay (FSG, 1998). (Publisher Provided) show less

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Kaspar
Original title
Kaspar
Original publication date
1967
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Kaspar Hauser
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Deutsch
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Fiction and Literature
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832.914Literature & rhetoricGerman & related literaturesGerman drama1900-1900-19901945-1999
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PT2668 .A5 .K3Language and LiteratureGerman, Dutch and Scandinavian literaturesGerman literatureIndividual authors or works1961-2000
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