How would you describe something kafkaesque ?

kafkaesque

work that thematically deals with frustration, alienation, anxiety, and futility in a disorienting, dreamlike manner.

>>9533716
I find the word "modern" works.

"Impotent" or "flaccid"

jewish

>>9533716
the dread and despair one feels when faced with inexplicable, absurd and surreal injustices - with the inability to do something about it.

>>9533716
Something simple-seeming, short and fairytalesque that's almost impossible to get to the bottom of..

>>9533943
This one is good

>>9533733
>>9533740
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>>9534222
Jesus fucking Christ, are you people serious? Fucking Americans

>>9533943
this is right

>>9533943
Only good answer in this thread

>>9534256
what the fuck mate
>>9533733 and >>9533943 are literally the same

A situation that works by rules that everyone but you seems to understand and accept, but that are absurdly, tragicly disorientingly (and maybe funny) to you

>>9534640
They're not. Kafkaesque is specifically about guilt. That guy just described your average existentialist novel.

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>>9533716
Metatmorphosis of a Amerikan Castle in which there is a Trial held, resulting in bureaucratic angst, absurd verdict that is in itself descpriptive and aimless thoughts turning into something very K.

>Holy shit, mom, I turned into a bug! Don't come in!

And this is supposed to be one of the greatest authors of the 20th century?

>>9534816
>bug

>>9533733
This plus daddy issues.

>>9533716
Like a stress dream where you're trying to do something but all these things keep getting in the way.

>>9533733
Kafka's protags are never really frustrated to a great extent, they're passively accepting of a world they're completely alienated from

>>9534692
How can injustices be for instance inexplicable, anon? And why add 'guilt' to your final rendering of what it is to be Kafkaesque? I don't think you have a clue of what youre on about, and this in despite of your implied preferred non-American status. I stick therefore to my initial rendering which i'll reduce to a single word: gnomic. In a tale-like manner reminiscent of K, of course. In other words youre completely wrong, phoney Euro-posturing notwithstanding.

>>9535105
this

>>9533716
dude you're a bug lmao

Being forced to watch my dad fuck my mom, and then feeling guilty about it. And then my dad fucks me with a flaccid penis.

>>9536206
Where? Kafka's keen on where..
That group hug on the metro, for instance. And.. are (((you))) perhaps mice?