Franz Kafka: un escritor checo en los reinos del “realismo mágico” y otras confusiones conceptuales Franz Kafka: a Czech writer in the kingdoms of ‘magic realism’, and other conceptual confusions

• Authors: Volek Emil
• Languages of publication: ES

Abstracts

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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’.

Keywords

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

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Svět literatury – Časopis pro novodobé literatury (World of Literature – Journal for Modern Literatures)
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 33
• Issue: Special Issue
• Pages: 165-175

Contributors

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Volek Emil