„den letzten Zipfel des Gebetsmantels“ – Komische Inkongruenzen und ‚religiöser Humor‘ in Franz Kafkas Tagebuchaufzeichnungen und Briefen

Kafka’s humor and the comic aspects of his texts recently have been focused extensively by scholars. Both can be observed particularly in Kafka’s confrontation with his religious environment. This is pointed out on the example of his diaries and letters. Referring to Henri Bergson, Kafka’s specific...

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Main Author: Beate Sommerfeld
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Szczecin University Press 2020-01-01
Series:Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia
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Online Access:https://wnus.edu.pl/cgs/de/issue/1173/article/17273/
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spelling doaj-150defaaeab6440f9ce2dad192c132892021-03-01T12:36:43ZdeuSzczecin University PressColloquia Germanica Stetinensia2450-85432020-01-012910.18276/cgs.2020.29-01„den letzten Zipfel des Gebetsmantels“ – Komische Inkongruenzen und ‚religiöser Humor‘ in Franz Kafkas Tagebuchaufzeichnungen und BriefenBeate Sommerfeld0Uniwersytet im. Adama MickiewiczaKafka’s humor and the comic aspects of his texts recently have been focused extensively by scholars. Both can be observed particularly in Kafka’s confrontation with his religious environment. This is pointed out on the example of his diaries and letters. Referring to Henri Bergson, Kafka’s specific comical imagery is shown as an effect of the observed incongruencies between assimilated Western Judaism and Hasidic Judaism. With reference to Felix Weltsch and Søren Kierkegaard, Kafka’s humor is emphasized as an expression of his own religious inquiries.https://wnus.edu.pl/cgs/de/issue/1173/article/17273/Franz KafkahumorcomicJudaism
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„den letzten Zipfel des Gebetsmantels“ – Komische Inkongruenzen und ‚religiöser Humor‘ in Franz Kafkas Tagebuchaufzeichnungen und Briefen
Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia
Franz Kafka
humor
comic
Judaism
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title „den letzten Zipfel des Gebetsmantels“ – Komische Inkongruenzen und ‚religiöser Humor‘ in Franz Kafkas Tagebuchaufzeichnungen und Briefen
title_short „den letzten Zipfel des Gebetsmantels“ – Komische Inkongruenzen und ‚religiöser Humor‘ in Franz Kafkas Tagebuchaufzeichnungen und Briefen
title_full „den letzten Zipfel des Gebetsmantels“ – Komische Inkongruenzen und ‚religiöser Humor‘ in Franz Kafkas Tagebuchaufzeichnungen und Briefen
title_fullStr „den letzten Zipfel des Gebetsmantels“ – Komische Inkongruenzen und ‚religiöser Humor‘ in Franz Kafkas Tagebuchaufzeichnungen und Briefen
title_full_unstemmed „den letzten Zipfel des Gebetsmantels“ – Komische Inkongruenzen und ‚religiöser Humor‘ in Franz Kafkas Tagebuchaufzeichnungen und Briefen
title_sort „den letzten zipfel des gebetsmantels“ – komische inkongruenzen und ‚religiöser humor‘ in franz kafkas tagebuchaufzeichnungen und briefen
publisher Szczecin University Press
series Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia
issn 2450-8543
publishDate 2020-01-01
description Kafka’s humor and the comic aspects of his texts recently have been focused extensively by scholars. Both can be observed particularly in Kafka’s confrontation with his religious environment. This is pointed out on the example of his diaries and letters. Referring to Henri Bergson, Kafka’s specific comical imagery is shown as an effect of the observed incongruencies between assimilated Western Judaism and Hasidic Judaism. With reference to Felix Weltsch and Søren Kierkegaard, Kafka’s humor is emphasized as an expression of his own religious inquiries.
topic Franz Kafka
humor
comic
Judaism
url https://wnus.edu.pl/cgs/de/issue/1173/article/17273/
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