THE KAFKAESQUE EULOGY ON ABRAHAM

• Autor(a) principal: Baptista, Mauro Rocha
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Interações (Uberlândia. Online)
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.pucminas.br/index.php/interacoes/article/view/16088
• topic: Franz Kafka; Sören Kierkegaard; Abraham; Humor; Kafkaesque eulogy; Franz Kafka; Sören Kierkegaard; Abraão; Humor; Elogio Kafkiano

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.