THE KAFKAESQUE EULOGY ON ABRAHAM
Article Sidebar
Main Article Content
Abstract
This article discusses a letter written by Franz Kafka in 1921, in which he introduces to his friend Robert Klopstock his interpretation of the biblical character Abraham. The main goal is to highlight the presence of humor in that kafkaesque interpretatio n, as one of this Prague’s Jewish traces, which is little analyzed. First, it is presented the Eulogy on Abraham proposed by Kierkegaard on his work Fear and Trebling in order to observe the possible influences of the Danish philosopher on the conclus ions proposed by Kafka himself. After that, there will be introduced the three main characters created by Kafka: the Abraham incapable of performing his functions, but who stands in readiness; Abraham, the cheater, who does not finish his functions at home not to do what God asks him; and the insecure Abraham, who listens to the call, but does not believe that it was for him. In the three kafkaesque figures it can be seen his intention to produce a new way of eulogy, one that is better adjusted to his sensi bility permeated by the Jewish humor, than that one of Christian serenity proposed by Kierkegaard.
Downloads
Article Details
Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors will retain the copyright and grants to the journal the right of the first publication, with simultaneous license to the Creative Commons Attribution License that allows the sharing of the work with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this publication.
- Authors are authorized to assume additional contracts separately, for non-exclusive distribution of the version of the work published in this journal (eg, publish in institutional repository or as a book chapter), with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to publish and distribute their work online (e.g. in institutional repositories or on your personal page) at any point before or during the editorial process, as this can generate productive changes, as well as increase impact and citation published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
References
AGAMBEN, G. O tempo que resta: Um comentário à Carta aos Romanos. Belo Horizonte: Autêntica, 2016.
ALTER, R. Anjos necessários: Tradição e modernidade em Kafka, Benjamin e Scholem. Rio de Janeiro: Imago, 1992.
AUTOR. Franz Kafka e a angústia kierkegaardiana. Estudos filosóficos. São João del-Rei, n. 6, p. 131-49, 2011. Disponível em: <http://www.ufsj.edu.br/portal2-repositorio/File/revistaestudosfilosoficos/art9_rev6.pdf>, acesso em 11 de janeiro de 2016.
AUTOR. O outro Abraão de Franz Kafka. Teoliterária. São Paulo, v. 4, n. 8, p. 12-22, 2014. Disponível em: , acesso em 11 de janeiro de 2016.
AUTOR. Messianismo na corda bamba: Apontamentos a partir de aforismos de Franz Kafka. In SPERBER, S.F. (Org.) Presença do sagrado na literatura: Questões teóricas e de hermenêutica. Campinas: UNICAMP-IEL, 2011, p. 125-133.
BENJAMIN, W.; SCHOLEM, G. Correspondência. São Paulo: Perspectiva, 1993.
BÍBLIA. Bíblia de Jerusalém. São Paulo: Paulus, 1995.
BRETON, A. Antologie de l’humour noir. Paris: Le livre de poche. 1970.
KAFKA, Franz. Nachgelassene Schriften und Fragmente II. Frankfurt: Fischer, 2002.
KAFKA, F. Brief an Robert Klopstock. Disponível em: <http://homepage.univie.
ac.at/werner.haas/1921/br21-020.htm>, acesso em 15 set. 2015.
KANT, Immanuel. Sobre um suposto direito de mentir por amor à humanidade. In: KANT. Textos seletos. 3.ed. Petrópolis: Vozes, 2005, p. 72-78.
KIERKEGAARD, S. A. Temor e tremor. In:KIERKEGAARD. Textos seletos. São Paulo: Abril Cultural, 1979, p. 107-85 (Os pensadores).
LÖWY, M. Franz Kafka, sonhador insubmisso. Rio de Janeiro: Azougue Editorial, 2005.
SCLIAR, M.; FINZI, P.; TOKER, E. (Orgs.). Do Éden ao Divã - Humor Judaico. São Paulo: Shalom, 1990.
VOLTAIRE. Abraão. In: VOLTAIRE. Dicionário Filosófico. 5.ed. São Paulo: Atena, 1959, p. 11-3.