The nietzschean irony and its influence in contemporary literature

Abstract

This essay analyzes the irony in Nietzsche, taking into account threemoments. First, succinctly construct the concept of irony developed byFriedrich Schlegel, who defines irony as awareness of the chaos of theuniverse, which takes the form of a paradox. Second, we examine the irony inNietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra which proposes an aesthetics of thoughtthrough narration to highlight the unambiguous loss of reality. Third, we studyits influence on contemporary literature as a way of releasing the thought ofultimate purpose.