Franz Kafka: un escritor checo en los reinos del “realismo mágico” y otras confusiones conceptuales

Emil Volek

doi:10.14712/23366729.2023.3.16

Franz Kafka: un escritor checo en los reinos del “realismo mágico” y otras confusiones conceptuales

Translated title of the contribution: FRANZ KAFKA: A CZECH WRITER IN THE KINGDOMS OF ‘MAGIC REALISM’, AND OTHER CONCEPTUAL CONFUSIONS

Emil Volek

International Letters and Cultures, School of (SILC)

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Abstract

The essay considers different aspects of Kafka’s influence on Latin American literature and culture. It focuses on the concept of ‘influence’ and its interpretation in Borges, on the modalities of the absurd, and on the vexing confusions around the concept of ‘magic realism’.

Translated title of the contribution	FRANZ KAFKA: A CZECH WRITER IN THE KINGDOMS OF ‘MAGIC REALISM’, AND OTHER CONCEPTUAL CONFUSIONS
Original language	Spanish
Pages (from-to)	165-175
Number of pages	11
Journal	Svet Literatury
Volume	33
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.14712/23366729.2023.3.16
State	Published - 2023

Keywords

Alejo Carpentier
Franz Kafka
Jorge Luis Borges
magic realism
the absurd
the magic real

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Language and Linguistics
History
Philosophy
Literature and Literary Theory

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