Franz Kafka

Vicky, Pinky, Richard, Yan yan

 Contents
● Kafkaesque

● First works

● Upbringing

● About Kafka
Table of contents

Kafkaesque First works

01 02
About Kafkaesque Franz Kafka’s first
stories

Upbringing About Kafka

03 Franz Kafka’s
childhood 04 Facts about Franz
Kafka
 Kafkaesque
01
 What is Kafkaesque?
> Kafkaesque refers to a style or situation that is in reminiscent of
the themes and atmosphere found in the works of Franz Kafka.

> The term "Kafkaesque" is often used to characterize situations

that are marked by absurdity and complexity.

> For instance, a situation in which getting involved in confusing

and contradictory rules while all trying to accomplish a simple
task or a goal could be described as Kafkaesque.
Examples of kafkaesque;

● When you fail an exam and you lose your job on the same day.

● When someone loses a friend or family member, gets in a car

accident and gets kicked out of their house in the same day.

Kafkaesque involves;

● A sense of absurdity

● A nightmarish quality

● A feeling of helplessness

● And entrapment
02 First works
 First works
Franz Kafka’s early work consisted of short prose pieces
and fragments.

•The Metamorphosis

• The Trial

• The case

• A Hunger Artist
03 Upbringing
 Upbringing
>He was born on the 3rd of July, 1883 in Prague which at the time was a
part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

>He came from a Jewish middle- class household with a steady flow of
income and was the eldest out of six children.

>His relationship with his family was complex especially with his father,
Hermann Kafka. Kafka’s father had high expectations from his son and
pressured Kafka.
04 About Kafka
 About Kafka
>Kafka is a lawyer but his real interest and passion is
fiction writing. His other interest is alternative
medicine, modern education system such as Montessori,
and technological novelties such as airplane and film

>Over the weekend he likes to hangout with his friends.

They started on long hikes he often planned.
● Enjoyed swimming and hiking

● Usually takes trips to the countryside with his friends and family

● Could speak German, Czech, French and Yiddish

● Used to read a lot as a child growing up

● Would cheat on his high-school exams

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