A Basic Analysis of the Deconstruction of Space and the Metamorphosis of Character Ideology in Kafka’s Novels

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10.2991/assehr.k.220401.040How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Deconstruction of space; Ideology; Marginalization; Ego; Absurd

Abstract

Austrian novelist Franz Kafka, as a representative writer of European novels in the twentieth century, has been titled by many critics as a nihilist, a realist writer, and the founder of the absurd for the absurd background often constructed in his works and his non-mainstream thoughts. The deconstruction of space in his novels, The Trial and The Castle, makes the story transcend the reality, under which the conventional concepts in the real world are subverted so that readers can understand the spiritual world of the characters more thoroughly. Therefore, the analysis of the deconstruction space in novels and its effects on the metamorphosis of character ideology will unveil to us the survival dilemma and ideological alienation of those modern people who are gradually marginalized. The way and meaning of life will then be understood, which will enlighten people on how to live in this absurd society.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Fusun Zhang
AU  - Zhanjun Fan
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/04/08
TI  - A Basic Analysis of the Deconstruction of Space and the Metamorphosis of Character Ideology in Kafka’s Novels
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities and Arts (SSHA 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 198
EP  - 202
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220401.040
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220401.040
ID  - Zhang2022
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