Kafka is an Austro-Hungarian writer, Jewish, born on July 3, 1883, Kafka, Proust, Joyce and known as the pioneer and master of Western modernist literature, most of his works are based on absurd symbols and expressions, reflecting a rather artistic world, to a certain extent also reflects the confusion of Kafka's spiritual world, as well as the refraction of the real world.
Kafka has a high status in the field of world literature, the asteroid 3412 discovered in 1983 is named after "Kafka", and the German publishing industry has edited Kafka's novels, diaries and letters, as well as posthumous manuscripts according to the standards of contemporary literature.
Kafka wrote many classic works in his lifetime, and at the age of 29, he created the amazing "Metamorphosis", and Márquez was inspired by "Metamorphosis" to write his own novels. The Metamorphosis is also known as one of the most classic works of the 20th century, with which Kafka reached the height of a master, a work that was doomed to be unsurpassed.
The English poet Auden said of Kafka: "If we were to cite a writer whose relationship with our time was recently similar to that of Dante, Shakespeare, and Goethe to their time, then Kafka is the first name that comes to mind, and Kafka is important to us because of his confusion, that is, the confusion of modern man."
The Argentine writer Borges said of Kafka: "At first I thought That Kafka was unprecedented and unique in the literary world, and after reading his works, I felt that his voice, or his habits, was recognized in the literary works of different countries and different eras."
"Metamorphosis" was once called Kafka's spiritual autobiography, the protagonist Grigor Samsa can be said to be Kafka's self-portrayal, when Kafka worked in an insurance company, "Metamorphosis" protagonist Grigore's daily work scenarios and other materials are quite similar to Kafka's daily life experience, in reality Kafka's father is also very strict control of him.
The classic opening of Metamorphosis is unforgettable to many people: "One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke up from his restless sleep and found himself in bed into a big scary beetle", "Man becomes a Beetle" The event itself is very magical, such artistic expression and creativity, such an absurd story, full of irony and tragic ending, and the various changes in the expression of the family, it is very intriguing.
This book wants to express not only the deformation of "human becoming a beetle", but also the changes and distortions of people's moral concepts, values, attitudes to life, and personal emotions. Although Gregor changed from a human to a worm, his feelings for his family and his love for his family never changed, but the other three members of the family experienced a huge deformation throughout the process. Full of philosophy, profound allegory and naked irony, Metamorphosis can be said to be the pinnacle of Kafka's work, and it has also been included in our language textbooks. In addition to the work "Metamorphosis", "The Trial" and "The Castle" are also two of Kafka's more representative works, and they both reflect Kafka's inner picture.
Kafka has influenced the literary creation of many outstanding writers in china, such as residual blood, in the Chinese literary circles, there is a "Chinese Kafka", Kafka's influence on Yu Hua is also very deep, Yu Hua once said: Kafka liberated me. He referred to the horse in Kafka's The Country Doctor, and he said: "I think Kafka was really free when he wrote, he wanted the horse to exist, the horse existed, he wanted the horse to disappear, the horse was gone, he didn't do anything at all, I suddenly found that writing novels can be so free." Yu Hua was very grateful to Kafka, and he also said: "When my imagination and emotional power were increasingly exhausted, Kafka liberated me."
Although Kafka did not create many works in his lifetime, many amazing works and classic works had a profound impact on future generations. Kafka died in Prague in 1924 at the age of 41. Today is the 138th anniversary of Kafka's birth, let us appreciate Kafka's ten classic sentences, feel the extraordinary charm of the pioneering writer's words.
Life is meaningful because it stops. - Kafka
The only thing we can escape is the escape itself. - Kafka
A book must be an axe used to cut through the frozen ocean in people's hearts. - Kafka
What is love? It's actually quite simple. Anything that enhances, enriches, enriches our lives is love. What leads to all heights and depths is love. - Kafka
Man is free only by taking responsibility. This is the true meaning of life. - Kafka
Real opponents will instill a lot of courage in you. - Kafka
The pen is not a tool of the writer, but his organ. - Kafka
The spirit is free only when it is no longer a support. - Kafka
A book, if we can't slap a slap on the door of our heads and wake us up, then why should we read it? - Kafka
No one who maintains a love of beauty will grow old. - Kafka