TABLE OF CONTENTS page ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ....................................................... ............................... ii A B STR A CT ............................................................................................................... iv IN TRO D U CTION ...................................................................................................... 1 PRIMITIVISM, EXPRESSIONISM, AND NATIONAL-SOCIALISM ....................... 1 R E SPO N SE S .............................................................................................................. 7 THE DEBATE AND KAFKA .................................................................................. 12 BECOMING EXPRESSIONIST-ANIMAL ............................................. ........... .... 17 W O RK S CITED .........................................................................................................22 FILM O G RA PH Y ........................................................................................................ 24 ABOUT THE AUTHOR ............................................................................................25