Kafkaesque elements often appear in existential works, but the term has transcended the literary realm to apply to real-life occurrences and situations that are incomprehensibly complex, bizarre, or illogical.

Thus, class conflict was to expand to the literary realm and support political revolution.

The "realms of gold" in the opening line seem to imply worldly riches, until the name of Homer appears; then they are recognized as literary and cultural realms.

Since the end of the 11th century, vernacular Greek poems from the literary realm of Constantinople are documented.

The influences of the literary realm and the legal profession have emerged throughout his career.

On a fine autumnal afternoon, Ichabod, in pensive mood, sat enthroned on the lofty stool whence he usually watched all the concerns of his little literary realm.

This dispute helped to establish de Pizan's reputation as a female intellectual who could assert herself effectively and defend her claims in the male-dominated literary realm.

Wright's Wilde is an intellectual dreamer who rarely steps outside the literary realm.

Within the literary realm they inhabit, it's unthinkable that Elizabeth and Darcy of "Pride and Prejudice" will eventually divorce and find themselves single and available once more.

Girard's influence extends beyond philosophy and social science, and includes the literary realm.