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FRANZ KAFKA

as Modernist

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WHAT IS MODERNISM?

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•Modernism is marked by a

strong and intentional break with

tradition. This break includes a

strong reaction against

established

religious, political, and social

views.

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•Modernists believe the

world is created in the act

of perceiving it; that

is, the world is what we

say it is.

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•Modernists do not

subscribe to absolute

truth. All things are

relative.

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•MODERNISTS FEEL NO

CONNECTION WITH HISTORY OR

INSTITUTIONS. THEIR

EXPERIENCE IS THAT OF

ALIENATION, LOSS, AND

DESPAIR.

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•MODERNISTS CHAMPION THE

INDIVIDUAL AND CELEBRATE

INNER STRENGTH.

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•MODERNISTS BELIEVE LIFE IS

UNORDERED.

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•MODERNISTS CONCERN

THEMSELVES WITH THE SUB-

CONSCIOUS.

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FORMAL FEATURES OF NARRATIVE

•Open form

•Use of free verse

•Intertextuality

•Use of allusions and multiple association of words

•Borrowings from other cultures and languages

•Unconventional use of metaphor

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MODERNIST NOVELISTS

M. Proust

F. Kafka

T. Mann

M. Bulgakov

J, Joyce

V. Woolf

W. Faulkner

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KAFKA’S LIFE

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