Abstract

BARTOLI, Fabio. Adorno on Kafka: An Enlightened Reading?. Tópicos (México) [online]. 2023, n.65, pp.245-268.  Epub June 09, 2023. ISSN 0188-6649.  https://doi.org/10.21555/top.v650.2057.

In this paper, I analyze Adorno’s interpretation of Kafka’s work in his book Notes on Kafka, focusing on his idea that Kafka is an enlightened writer who, however, criticizes the Enlightenment, in order to find out whether this is coherent with Adorno’s own theory. For this purpose, I compare Adorno’s and Kafka’s reading of the sirens’ song in the Odyssey, and I analyze the differences between both. I conclude, partially against Adorno, that Kafka is a critic of the Enlightenment, but he is not an enlightened writer.

Keywords : Adorno; Kafka; sirens’ song; Enlightenment; aesthetics.

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