Journey through the abyss: Kafka in the antipoetry of Nicanor Parra

Abstract

The presence of Franz Kafka's influence in various Latin American narrative writers is well known and studied. Less known is the influence Kafka had on the Chilean (anti)poet Nicanor Parra.

Some of the most prominent critics of Parra's work mention it, but it has not been studied in depth. This present article tries to shine light on the antiheroism, dark humor and the anxiety of mortality which are common for both Parra and Kafka

Keywords

• Nicanor Parra
• Franz Kafka
• antipoetry
• existencial literature
• literature