Modernism · Fiction
The Complete Stories
by Franz Kafka. A major work by Franz Kafka exploring bureaucracy, guilt, alienation; included for its sustained literary or intellectual influence.
- Date
- 1912–1924
- Origin
- Prague / Austria-Hungary
- Era
- Modernism
- Genre
- Fiction
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Length
- Long
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
A major work by Franz Kafka exploring bureaucracy, guilt, alienation; included for its sustained literary or intellectual influence.
This work is included in the collection on the basis of expanded / modern canon. Its cataloged influence level is 4 out of 5.