Kafka : A modernist Author
Kafka : A modernist Author By Neeti Badwe. Presented : July 2011, Published : December 2011, Pune “There is a goal, but no way; What we call a way, is hesitation” [1] . This ‘Reflexion’ ( Betrachtung # 26 ) aptly captures quintessence of Kafka’s thinking and writing. However, before discussing the literary work and the characteristic style of this modernist author, let first get introduced the era Franz Kafka lived through. Introduction to the Era Franz Kafka lived at the end of 19 th – beginning of 20 th century in Prague, the capital of the Bohemian kingdom under Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. The early years of the 20 th century were marked by the unsuccessful Russian Revolution of 1905, turmoil of the Balkan Wars (1912, 1913) and the First World War. This was the period when European colonial powers had brought the maximum territory of the East under control. Franz Kafka was born in 1883, the same year which marks the death of Karl Marx. In other words, end of 19 th...