Watching Orson Welles's film adaptation (with Anthony Perkins as K) is no substitute for experiencing what one critic memorably described as "not the literary presentation of a nightmare, but its literal transcription".
Tradition criticism, in the study of biblical literature, method of criticism of the Hebrew Bible Old Testamentt) and the New Testament that attempts to trace the developmental stages of the oral tradition, from its historical emergence to its literary presentation in scripture.
Tradition criticism takes up where literary criticism leaves off; it goes behind the written sources to trace the development of oral tradition, where there is reason to believe that this preceded the earliest documentary stages, and attempts to trace the development of the tradition, phase by phase, from its primary life setting to its literary presentation.
Berlin in Lights, which ran for 17 days in November 2007, contextualized a Berlin Philharmonic residency with a healthy sampling of other musical styles associated with the city, as well as a clutch of related visual-arts and literary presentations.
Or, at least, there will be literary presentations, a bus tour of Roth-honored localthoughaltheugh the site of the burlesque house where the young Alexander Portnoy sat in panicky awe alongside his graying, grim-faced companions seems, for some reason, not to be on the itinerary), an "invitation only" party at the Newark Museum, and a show of Roth-related photographs at the Newark Public Library.
The Berkeley gathering focused on the theological aspects of René's work, as well as the literary, with presentations on Girardian connections with Simone Weil, Molière, Rousseau, and others.
Sincere and literary in its presentation of themes — "Animal House" it ain't — the movie aims for quirky comedy but mostly settles for broad.
The department was in part a backward extension of the Third Programme, the main channel for serious music, drama, literary and dramatic presentations and talks.
In Celebration The 75th Anniversary Africana Heritage Festival, a weeklong series of concerts, film screenings, forums and performing, literary and visual presentations that explore and celebrate the global African experience, begins at 7 tonight at Riverside Church in Morningside Heights.
On Monday evening, at the Walter Reade Theater, the Houston-based chamber group Da Camera presents a concert entitled "The Musical World of Thomas Mann". Da Camera's artistic director, the pianist Sarah Rothenberg, is known for constructing exceptionally thoughtful programs on literary themes; past presentations at Lincoln Center have centered on such figures as Proust, Kafka and Anna Akhmatova.
The book world revolves around book launches, literary societies and the presentation of prizes, all of which take place in central London.
