What Is Kafkaesque? - The 'Philosophy' of Franz Kafka – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.Franz Kafka is regarded as one of the greatest literary figures in recent history
2.He is known for his uniquely dark, disorienting and surreal writing style A style and quality still particular tune that anything that it has come to be known and referred to as Kafkaesque
3.To understand his writing in the qualities of Kafkaesque It is helpful to understand his early life
4.Kafka was born in Prague in 1883 to a man named Hermann and a woman named Julie
5.His father was a highly successful business man who through sheer force of will and a brash aggressive personality managed to rise from the working-class, build a successful business, marry a well-educated woman and become a member of higher middle society as parents tend to do Hermann hoped for a child that would measure up to his ideal stature of a person
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Vocabulario clave (CEFR C1)
remaining
A2To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
Example:
"Kafka continued working at the insurance company for the majority of his remaining short life while continuing to write around his work scheduled ."
continuing
A2To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
Example:
"Kafka continued working at the insurance company for the majority of his remaining short life while continuing to write around his work scheduled ."
scheduled
A2To create a time-schedule.
Example:
"Kafka continued working at the insurance company for the majority of his remaining short life while continuing to write around his work scheduled ."
immensely
A2Greatly; hugely; extremely; vastly; to a great extent.
Example:
"he's an immensely important individual. One can only wonder how many individuals like Kafka have and continued to walk this earth."
conviction
B2A firmly held belief.
Example:
"K. is never told why he was arrested and yet he remains guilty of his final conviction."
despairing
A2To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
Example:
"But the kicker and perhaps most important part is even in the face of absurd despairing circumstances Kafka's characters don't give up,"
characters
A2A being involved in the action of a story.
Example:
"But the kicker and perhaps most important part is even in the face of absurd despairing circumstances Kafka's characters don't give up,"
resembles
A2To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar.
Example:
"A style and quality still particular tune that anything that resembles"
well-to-do
A2People who are comparatively well off.
Example:
"Kafka was born in Prague in 1883 to a man named Hermann and a woman named Julie. His father was a highly successful well-to-do"
psychological
B2Of or pertaining to psychology.
Example:
"Franz would become a great source of disappointment for his father and a sort of psychological"
| Palabra | CEFR | Definición |
|---|---|---|
| remaining | A2 | To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised. |
| continuing | A2 | To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity). |
| scheduled | A2 | To create a time-schedule. |
| immensely | A2 | Greatly; hugely; extremely; vastly; to a great extent. |
| conviction | B2 | A firmly held belief. |
| despairing | A2 | To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of. |
| characters | A2 | A being involved in the action of a story. |
| resembles | A2 | To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar. |
| well-to-do | A2 | People who are comparatively well off. |
| psychological | B2 | Of or pertaining to psychology. |
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