The Success of Failure
"Performatives in "The Judgment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4375191 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Huffmaster (University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 605-639 |
| Publication date | 2016-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Poetics Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0333-5372 • E-ISSN: 1527-5507 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/03335372-3638099 |
| OpenAlex | W2560761668 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 19 |
This essay investigates Kafka's first great story, "The Judgment," through the lens of speech act theory. It argues that performative analysis can yield new insights into the text, with consequences for our understanding of the author's larger poetic project. It also shows how, in its treatment of two key issues - the susceptibility of speech acts to failure and the relation of indirect speech acts to questions of knowledge and power - Kafka's text has important implications for contemporary performative theory
Aesthetics · Art · Computer security · Epistemology · Expressive power · Linguistics · Literature · Performative utterance · Physics · Poetry · Computer Science · Franz Kafka Literary Studies · Kierkegaardian Philosophy and Influence · Philosophy · Psychology · Visual Culture and Art Theory
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |