Kafka’s work explores the nature of human existence amidst absurdity and solitude. His symbols and metaphors offer a way of reading reality and the inner self. Franz Kafka was born on July 3, 1883, the son of a Jewish merchant in Prague, where he was educated in German and received a doctorate in law from the Charles Ferdinand University in Prague. From 1908, he worked in the legal...
Franz Kafka, a brief introduction to his life and literary world
Franz Kafka is an iconic writer of 20th-century literature, whose life and work have profoundly influenced modern literature by exploring the absurdity and alienation of human existence. Throughout his short and long life, Franz Kafka was an eternal stranger, moving back and forth between two countries (Czechoslovakia and Austria), unable to find his own identity and never settling down in...
Anxiety and loneliness: how did Franz Kafka express them?
Anxiety and loneliness are themes that run through Franz Kafka’s life and work. Through his life and his masterpiece, The Metamorphosis, we explore how he expressed the deepest parts of modern man. The life of Franz Kafka Franz Kafka was a Jewish-German writer whose novels dealt with human existence, alienation, and futility in the modern world. He is widely recognized as an...
Reading Note – Characteristics of the Kafkaesque World in Franz Kafka’s Major Works
In this blog post, we’ll explore the characteristics of the Kafkaesque world through some of his key works. The search for a world beyond rationality Kafka was born in Prague in 1883 to a Jewish-German family. At the time of his birth, Prague was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia (today’s Czech Republic) within the Austro-Hungarian Dual Empire and one of the major cities in...
Reading Note – Commentary on Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis
This commentary on Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis explores the novel’s deep symbolism and messages of alienation, humanity, and family relationships. Franz Kafka, a life of ostracization and alienation Franz Kafka was born in 1883 in Prague, Czech Republic, in the Austro-Hungarian Dual Empire, the eldest son of a German-speaking Jewish middle-class family. His father, a self...
Book Review – A Country Doctor (from a psychoanalytic perspective)
An interpretation of Franz Kafka’s “A Country Doctor” from a psychoanalytic perspective. We look at the symbolism and psychological elements of the story. This novel, which begins with the words “very puzzling,” is actually more puzzling to the reader. The dreamlike, surreal narrative is inexplicable. Imaginary beings pop out of nowhere, and strange words are spoken out of context...
Who was Franz Kafka and what is the message of his work?
Franz Kafka is a master of existentialism and modern literature, a writer who powerfully captures the anxieties and absurdities of human existence. His works explore the human condition and social alienation. Franz Kafka was born in Prague, the eldest of six children to a Jewish merchant father and a mother from a wealthy family, but two of his younger brothers died early and he grew up...
The Metamorphosis (a masterpiece that delves into the absurdity and anxiety of human existence)
“The Metamorphosis” is Franz Kafka’s masterpiece that explores the absurdity and anxiety of human existence. The metamorphosis of a human being into a grotesque insect is an in-depth look at alienation, loss of identity, and conflict with family. Franz Kafka Franz Kafka was born in Prague, Czech Republic, in 1883, the eldest son of a middle-class Jewish family. At the time of his...
Reading Log – What did Franz Kafka want to say through his work?
This Reading Log analyzes the works of Franz Kafka. We’ll explore what Kafka’s views on absurdity, power, and human existence mean for us today. Franz Kafka was reluctant to publish his work during his lifetime. Only at the request of his publishers did he reluctantly publish some of his writings, but the works that were published were not well received and rarely sold. The...
The life story of Franz Kafka, the embodiment of anxiety and solitude
Franz Kafka, the embodiment of anxiety and loneliness. His life was filled with family, love, work, and creative anguish. Follow the life of this master of existentialist literature. Franz Kafka was born in Prague, Czech Republic, on July 3, 1883, the third son of Hermann Kafka (1852-1931), a merchant, and Julie Löwy (1856-1934), to a Jewish middle-class family. Kavka in Czech means crow...