Chapter 94 Franz Kafka's The Great Wall of China

Franz Kafka's The Great Wall of China Franz Kafka is a modern Czech writer.He took a place in modern European literature Strange importance, almost incomprehensible.That is to say, Kafka's work Not many, and even fewer were published during his lifetime.His reputation is due to the publication of his posthumous works, gradually Increased.Today, Kafka has become an icon of modern European literature.pessimistic, Doubt, against totalitarian rule, against mass mechanized production, against erasure of humanity, against disregard individual existence; the despair, emptiness, and contentlessness that prevail in modern European literature and art, and

and the tendency of the unthinkable plot, all traced back to Kafka, said to be inspired by his works The thought of expression is infectious. In modern European literature, he became a prophet and one of the patriarchs. Kafka was born in 1883 and died in 1924, living only forty years age.Although he was a Czech, he wrote in German.He is a law student, but he likes to write do.However, he contracted lung disease and suffered setbacks in love and marriage. What he lived was just The period before and after World War I.On the battlefield of the Holocaust, in the post-war recession In society, the individual and his life are like an ant.

The depressed, desperate, cruel and mocking atmosphere in the movie.In 1924, died of lung disease in Bai Lin passed away.When he was dying, he asked his friend Max Brod to send his manuscript and diary letter Wait until it's all destroyed.But Brod couldn't bear it, and never carried out his will.Thanks to Brod Kafka’s wish was not followed, otherwise there would be no Kafka in the history of modern European literature. Khakis are gone. "The Great Wall of China" is one of Kafka's posthumous manuscripts. Although it was written in 1918, it is still It was not published for the first time until 1931.This is in the first person, a laborer who participated in the construction of the Great Wall

Written in a tone of voice.Although it is a novel, it has no plot.Although "tyrant" is mentioned, saying The Great Wall was built to resist enemies from the north, but Meng Jiangnu was not mentioned, let alone adopted. Anything about the Great Wall itself.Kafka certainly didn't use the Great Wall to write historical fiction, but I suspect he doesn't know much about the Great Wall of China at all.He adopted the "Great Wall of China" as his The title of a novel is just out of one of my own hobbies, using exotic themes to express myself It's just depression.

It is his other short story "Metamorphosis", although the plot is more absurd, but it has a strong sense of humor. of irony.A man woke up and found that he suddenly turned into a big insect.Card Fuka very delicately describes the various psychological reactions of this person who has changed from a person to a worm, as well as the family members of this person. Various reactions to this horrific accident.Sympathy and sadness are natural at first, followed by fear, avoid, and finally regard it as a fait accompli, detest and forget it... Kafka uses this absurd He used incredible stories to criticize the cruelty and ridiculousness of the modern social system, and played his distress and despair.

hopeful outlook on life.