the term "failure"
Benjamin's use of the term "failure" is motivated by his audience - who believes with Brecht that Kafka is indeed a failure. But perhaps that is not what Benjamin would like to say?
the "failure" here is a success - they fail to transmit what was never there.
[the deficiency of Kafka's parables explicity as their failure to transmit truth]
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