Franz Kafka

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Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was an influential German-language writer of novels and short stories, regarded by critics as one of the most influential authors of the 20th century. Kafka was a Modernist and heavily influenced other genres, including existentialism. His works, such as "Die Verwandlung" ("The Metamorphosis"), Der Process (The Trial), and Das Schloss (The Castle), are filled with the themes and archetypes of alienation, physical and psychological brutality, parent-child conflict, characters on a terrifying quest, and mystical transformations.

This Czech author was very critical about the Czechoslovakian society. Mainly because it was influenced by the German domination. He thought that there was a sinister sphere where the bureaucracy and the unpersonal society was getting more and more grip on individuals. He saw the German domination as a threat, because the German trend was happening in Czechoslovakia also. To reach a certain public he wrote his work in German instead of Czech language. He wanted to reach a audience which was big enough to change this Kafkaesc fearful society, and that was Germany. In this Deleuze is convinced that Kafka choose for a major language to spread his word.

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