How Long to Read Trials and Tribunals in the Dramas of Heinrich Von Kleist

How Long Does it Take to Read Trials and Tribunals in the Dramas of Heinrich Von Kleist?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 46 minutes to read Trials and Tribunals in the Dramas of Heinrich Von Kleist by Kim Fordham

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Description

What makes the trial so appealing as dramatic form? Why do we watch? Is it simply the quest for truth and justice? Or is it much more than that? From the time of Sophocles, the court has fascinated audiences and dramatists alike. Kleist is no exception, as each of his dramas and many of his stories and anecdotes contain a trial of some sort from its most primitive form of hand-to-hand combat in the duel to more conventional legal proceedings in secular, military and ecclesiastical courts. At trial, we desire, whether consciously or unconsciously, to have our own system of beliefs and behaviours affirmed rather than to attempt to achieve justice: self-interest prevails at the expense of truth and equity. The focus of this book is the tension between the restoration of dikê, the balance of natural order, and the pursuit of truth and justice as impetus behind the trial. With recourse to the concept of legal instrumentalism, which underscores this preference for order over justice in both the law and literature, the author examines Kleist's dramas to determine the extent to which those individuals in positions of power are able to manipulate the proceedings, seeking not justice and truth, but rather the validation of their own particular version of order. The trial, a tool generally thought to be designed to discover truth and to mete out justice, is used instead, in the hands of the powerful, as an instrument of control and degradation.

How long is Trials and Tribunals in the Dramas of Heinrich Von Kleist?

Trials and Tribunals in the Dramas of Heinrich Von Kleist by Kim Fordham is 164 pages long, and a total of 41,656 words.

This makes it 55% the length of the average book. It also has 51% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Trials and Tribunals in the Dramas of Heinrich Von Kleist Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 47 minutes to read Trials and Tribunals in the Dramas of Heinrich Von Kleist aloud.

What Reading Level is Trials and Tribunals in the Dramas of Heinrich Von Kleist?

Trials and Tribunals in the Dramas of Heinrich Von Kleist is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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