This study offered a range of career possibilities, which pleased his father, and required a longer course of study that gave Kafka time to take classes in German studies and art history. Kafka first studied chemistry at the Charles-Ferdinand University of Prague but after two weeks switched to law. Later, Kafka acquired some knowledge of the French language and culture from Flaubert, one of his favorite authors. His stories include "The Metamorphosis" (1912) and " In the Penal Colony" (1914), whereas his posthumous novels include The Trial (1925), The Castle (1926) and Amerika (1927).ĭespite first language, Kafka also spoke fluent Czech.
People consider his unique body of much incomplete writing, mainly published posthumously, among the most influential in European literature. Jewish middle-class family of this major fiction writer of the 20th century spoke German. Prague-born writer Franz Kafka wrote in German, and his stories, such as " The Metamorphosis" (1916), and posthumously published novels, including The Trial (1925), concern troubled individuals in a nightmarishly impersonal world.
Kafka’s lucid, succinct writing chronicles the labyrinthine complexities, the futility-laden horror, and the stifling oppressiveness that permeate his vision of modern life. These two, along with “ The Metamorphosis,” form a suite of stories Kafka referred to as “The Sons,” and they collectively present a devastating portrait of the modern family.Īlso included are “ In the Penal Colony,” a story of a torture machine and its operators and victims, and “ A Hunger Artist,” about the absurdity of an artist trying to communicate with a misunderstanding public. “ The Judgment,” which Kafka considered to be his decisive breakthrough, and “ The Stoker,” which became the first chapter of his novel Amerika, are here included. This vision is most fully realized in Kafka’s masterpiece, “ The Metamorphosis,” a story that is both harrowing and amusing, and a landmark of modern literature.īringing together some of Kafka’s finest work, this collection demonstrates the richness and variety of the author’s artistry. His nightmarish novels and short stories have come to symbolize modern man’s anxiety and alienation in a bizarre, hostile, and dehumanized world. Virtually unknown during his lifetime, Franz Kafka is now one of the world’s most widely read and discussed authors.
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