Critical Essay series -- Kafka

[Swarna Rangarajan]

Dear All,
One of us expressed a desire to read serious :) literary criticism
on Kafka. I am posting 2 critical essays. One by the novelist, Milan
Kundera and another by a scholar on Kafka Koans.
Best, swarna

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Jacob Roshan <jacob....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Suffocation wells up within you as you read this text. The portrayal of the
> despair and the futility is stunning. With the wonderful imagery, made
> possible through the detailed description of the palace and the stairs and
> the walls, we feel like we are the ones moving through that ocean people who
> are there to see the king die. The bare mention of the open fields feels
> like a breath of fresh air.
>
> The person who is supposed to receive the message has been encompassed in
> one sentence, even though he or she is the most important part of the story,
> the part which probably represents everyone who reads this story. Kafka is
> epitomising the pessimism by probably telling us that the thing that we long
> for the most in our life, the message that we despair so much for, "can
> never, never happen". It is just a sad little story that is beautifully
> presented...
>
> Jacob Roshan
> HS10H014
>
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