El enigma del individuo: antecedentes y convergencias entre Franz Kafka y César Vallejo

Abstract

The affinity between Kafka and Vallejo is based on the transformation from man to animal that they present in their narratives: The Metamorphosis and “The Caynas”. In both of them the transformation occur gradually and they construct an oppressive atmosphere in a sort of “fatum” which ends in the meaninglessness of existence. Given the impossibility of a direct influence Kafka’s on Vallejo due to the dates of publication, the origin of the affinity is to be found in the readings that they share.

Keywords

• kafka
• vallejo
• nietzsche
• swift
• morel
• lankester
• maeterlinck