Kafka’s Laughter

On Joy and the Kafkaesque

Authors

  • Sibel Güneş Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University image/svg+xml Translator
  • Anca Parvulescu Author

Keywords:

Interpretation, Laugh, Literature, Meaning, Philosophy, Text

Abstract

In this article, the place and function of laughter in Kafka’s thought has been  examined.  It has  been  aimed  to manifest the semantic layers of the theme of laughter in Kafka which has an importance  within  the  context  of  philosophy of literature. Through the consideration of previous researchers who discussed the laughter in Kafka before, author focuses on revealing how the relation between joy and laughter shapes and  affects  what Kafkasque  is.  With this analyse and interpretation, the philosophical contexts of laughter in Kafka are presented.

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Published

2024-04-29

Issue

No. 8 (2024): April (2024)

Section

Translations

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Copyright (c) 2024 Sibel Güneş (Translator); Anca Parvulescu (Author)

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How to Cite

Parvulescu, A. (2024). Kafka’s Laughter: On Joy and the Kafkaesque (S. Güneş, Trans.). Sofist: An International Journal of Philosophy, 8, 111-132. https://journal.sofist.org/index.php/sofist/article/view/42