Dreams of Guilt and Judgement: an Analysis of Kafka’s Symbolic Narratives

Author(s)	Jitumani Basumatary
Country	India
Abstract	Dream sequences in "The Judgment," "Description of a Struggle," and "Dream" help underscore some of the major recurrent themes in Franz Kafka's work: guilt, judgment, and authority. His stories come to blur lines separating reality from the surreal in a literary landscape within which fears and anxieties buried deep in the subconscious of the protagonists finally take the form of living reality. The characters' inner life mirrors complex modes of experience that the author projects through symbols and allegories. Through the comparison of narrative techniques and thematic concerns across these stories, this paper shows the literary significance and relevance of Kafka to the present.
Keywords	Franz Kafka, Dream Sequences, Guilt, Judgment, Authority, Symbolism, Existentialism
Field	Sociology > Linguistic / Literature
Published In	Volume 6, Issue 4, July-August 2024
Published On	2024-08-06
Cite This	Dreams of Guilt and Judgement: an Analysis of Kafka’s Symbolic Narratives - Jitumani Basumatary - IJFMR Volume 6, Issue 4, July-August 2024. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i04.25508
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i04.25508
Short DOI	https://doi.org/gt65jp

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