Literary modernism · Prague German-language literature · 1883–1924
Franz Kafka
Telling of a law no one can reach.
Prague · Berlin · Kierling
Reading guides
A thread to guide your reading.
Original introductions to enter the works, discover their central questions and take the reflection further.
A family facing transformation
Follow body, work and care in The Metamorphosis, from Gregor’s awakening to the family’s outing after his death.
The MetamorphosisReading the court and its parable
Examine the arrest, the intermediaries and the doorkeeper parable in The Trial, keeping its unfinished state in view.
The TrialApproaching the unreachable castle
Trace K.’s attempts to reach the castle authorities and the village life that is organised around them.
The Castle