Existentialism In Franz Kafka

From a historiographical perspective, modern literature fostered a unique construct in which to personify the existentialism of the author’s imagination. In examining the turbulent events of the twentieth century, the literature of Franz Kafka delivered a synthesized dimension of fiction that scrutinized the political and social discordance of Czech society during his lifetime. Born in Prague, Kafka lived much his life sequestered by the tectonic conflagration of his religious, social, and national identities. As a German-speaking Jew living in Czech lands, Kafka’s sobering existence as a disillusioned minority provided him with ample inspiration for the visceral parables of dystopian bureaucracies and incandescent visions that defined his brand of literature. In a previous examination, I underwrote Kafka’s rampant use of absurdity and aesthetic imagery as a mechanism of social critique, designed to augment his own critical perception of Czech-national society in the 1910s and 1920s. Kafka’s fiction is inextricably linked to its historical context, as the author’s reconstruction of real life events plays an important role to the development of the fictional worlds and characters. However, in constructing an appropriate interpretation of Kafka’s life in Prague, the author’s surreal visions of dystopian landscapes impose a deliberate critique of Czech society that lacks a particular degree of historical authenticity. While Kafka’s stories disseminate tremendous insight into