Some Remarks on Kafka’s Funniness from Which Probably Not Enough Has Been Removed
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"Some Remarks on Kafka’s Funniness from Which Probably Not Enough Has Been Removed" is an essay by David Foster Wallace that closely analyzes the often-overlooked comedic aspects of Franz Kafka’s work and how readers and critics respond to them.
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essay
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literary criticism essay ⓘ |
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absurdism
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black comedy ⓘ comic aspects of Kafka’s fiction ⓘ critical reception of Kafka ⓘ difficulties of teaching Kafka ⓘ irony ⓘ misreadings of Kafka’s seriousness ⓘ modern readers’ expectations of literature ⓘ translation and humor ⓘ |
| author | David Foster Wallace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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United States
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| discussesAuthor | Franz Kafka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
cultural context of Kafka’s comedy
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how audiences fail to recognize Kafka’s humor ⓘ pedagogical challenges in presenting Kafka to students ⓘ relationship between suffering and comedy in Kafka ⓘ |
| genre | nonfiction ⓘ |
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humor theory
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reader-response criticism ⓘ teaching literature ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Some Remarks on Kafka’s Funniness from Which Probably Not Enough Has Been Removed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
fans of David Foster Wallace
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readers of literary criticism ⓘ students of literature ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovementDiscussed | modernism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Franz Kafka
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humor in Franz Kafka’s work ⓘ literary interpretation ⓘ reader response to Kafka ⓘ |
| mentions |
Franz Kafka
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The Metamorphosis NERFINISHED ⓘ The Trial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perspective |
analytic
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interpretive ⓘ |
| workType | essay on literature ⓘ |
| writtenBy | David Foster Wallace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Some Remarks on Kafka’s Funniness from Which Probably Not Enough Has Been Removed
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