An Everyday Job: Traces of the kabbalistic method in a Chapter of Franz Kafka’s The Trial

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In the second to last chapter of The Trial, Joseph K. establishes an interaction with the clergyman of a cathedral about the proper interpretation of the legend “Before the Law”, which the clergyman narrates in its entirety. The dialog brings to light what could be called the naked force of kafkaesq...

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Autor principal: Maveroff, Juan
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Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2023
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Kafka; kabbalah; trial; legend; law
kafka; cábala; proceso; leyenda; ley
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spelling I28-R145-13992_oai2024-12-11 Maveroff, Juan 2023-12-29 In the second to last chapter of The Trial, Joseph K. establishes an interaction with the clergyman of a cathedral about the proper interpretation of the legend “Before the Law”, which the clergyman narrates in its entirety. The dialog brings to light what could be called the naked force of kafkaesque storytelling: an internal tension containing in its poles both the strive for decipherement and the need for an infinite opening of the text. Following a method that cuts across from the social and extratextual to the specifically literary, this article aims to link the hermeneutic method of the kabbalists (Moshe ben Shem-Tov and Shimon Bar Iojai’s Book of Splendor especially) with a sociological reading of jewish identity in imperial Prague, using the before mentioned chapter of The Trial as an intersection point. Before the constant (and many times threatening) presence of an other which is always coming but never arrives, Joseph K. is torn between deciphering its will and  offering a space of free will in which every interpretation of the text is possible. En el penúltimo capítulo de El proceso, Josef K. entabla una conversación con el sacerdote de una catedral acerca de la lectura apropiada de la leyenda “Ante la ley”, que este narra por entero. En el diálogo hace su aparición lo que puede pensarse como la fuerza desnuda de los relatos kafkianos: una tensión interna en cuyos polos están el afán de desciframiento y la necesidad de apertura infinita del texto. Siguiendo un método que atraviesa desde lo social extratextual hasta lo específicamente literario, el presente trabajo se propone enlazar el método hermenéutico de los estudiosos de la Cábala (El libro del resplandor de Moshe ben Shem-Tov/ Shimon Bar Iojai, especialmente) junto con una lectura sociológica sobre la situación de la identidad judía en la Praga imperial, utilizando como punto de encuentro el ya mencionado capítulo de El proceso. Frente a la constante (y generalmente amenazante) presencia de un otro que siempre adviene pero no se puede comprender, Josef K. se debate entre develar forzosamente su voluntad y ofrecer un espacio de libre albedrío en el que cabe cualquier posibilidad de interpretación. application/pdf http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/interlitteras/article/view/13992 10.34096/interlitteras.n5.13992 spa Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/interlitteras/article/view/13992/12618 Derechos de autor 2023 Inter Litteras Inter Litteras; Núm. 5 (2023) 2683-9695 0328-8935 Kafka; kabbalah; trial; legend; law kafka; cábala; proceso; leyenda; ley An Everyday Job: Traces of the kabbalistic method in a Chapter of Franz Kafka’s The Trial Un Job cotidiano: huellas del método cabalista en un capítulo de El proceso de Franz Kafka info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=interlit&d=13992_oai
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