Literary Career

1. Work Cited "Franz Kafka Quotes." Share Book Recommendations With Your Friends, Join Book Clubs, Answer Trivia. Web. 06 Oct. 2011. <http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/5223.Franz_Kafka>. “I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into deepest darkness.” – Franz Kafka Literary Career

2. Literary InfluencesFranz Kafka “A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity.” ― Franz Kafka • Dora Diamant • Berlin • distancing from family • Talmud • Peter Kropotkin • James Hawes • Jewish writing Works Cited: The goodreads. GoodreadsInc, 2011. www.goodreads.com/quotes/67118. 4 October 2011.. Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. n.d. 4 October 2011. Greater Surbiton. Andreaso 4, by AndreasaViklud. 5 October 2011. PPT By: Mina Saeed & Jose

3. Andy Nguyen Oscar Guzman Literary Career: Views • People use “Kafkaesque” to mean senseless and sinister complexity • Extestentilast – focus on human emotions/rel. Not science based. • Franz was considered one of the most important and influential in 20th century (unique views) • Ideas authoritian(felt that it was cruel and not understandable) • Absurdist- absurdity of existence (humnan life) and finding reasons for everything. “A stair not worn hollow by footsteps is, regarded from its own point of view, only a boring something made of wood.” "Brainyquote." www.BrainyQuote.com. Google, n.d. Web. 4 Oct 2011. http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/f/franz_kafka.html parkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on The Metamorphosis.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. n.d.. friday. 30 Sept. 2011. Hornek, Daniel. "Kafka-Franz." www.Kafka-Franz.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Sept 2011. <http://www.kafka-franz.com/kafka-Biography.htm>.

4. Spotlight Metamorphosis Marissa Rodriguez • Known as Franz Kafka’s masterpiece. • Lends itself to psychological, sociological or existential interpretations. • His writing is an odd mixture of startlingly dramatic images or situations. “Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate... but with his other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins.” – Franz Kafka Works Citied: “Franz Kafka-His Greatest Works-Guidance Notes” Mantax information Design. Web. 03 Oct 2011

5. Kafkaesque-” markedby a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity” • Oscar winning short film- Franz Kafka’s It’s a Wonderful Life • Le procès(1947), Kafka’s Dick (1986), Kafka’s Hell-Paradise (2006), Kafka’s Second Life(2007), Putapka(1982) • The Metamorphosis, The Trial, The Castle Franz Kafka’s Legacy • Kafka the Musical • Kafka’s Trial-opera "I need solitude for my writing; not 'like a hermit' - that wouldn't be enough - but like a dead man."- Franz Kafka • Works cited: • The Works and Life of Franz Kafka. Oct. 4th, 2011 <http://www.kafka-online.info/> • Franz Kafka. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Oct. 4th, 2011. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5_QV97eYqM> Slide by Erika Liecker and Kevin Nguyen