Între tradiţie şi rebeliune: Iudaismul în scrierile lui Franz Kafka
Between Tradition and Rebellion: Judaism in the Work of Franz Kafka

Author(s): Ana-Blanca Ciocoi-Pop
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Studies of Literature
Published by: Trivent Publishing
Keywords: Kafka; skepticism; Jewish; tradition; thought
Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to establish the main coordinates of Franz Kafka’s writings from the perspective of the author’s Jewish heritage. Kafka had always fought an internal battle between the acceptance of Jewish tradition and a complete break with anything that referred to elements of Jewish mentality. His rebellion against the cultural and religious context he was part of was to a great extent the result of the tumultuous relationship with his father, his rejection of Judaism being mainly a rejection of patriarchy and of the destructive authority of his father. In spite of his apparently distancing from his heritage we can nevertheless identify a strong influence of the Jewish mindset in his novels and short stories, which is proof of the fact that one always returns to that which has either shaped or destroyed one’s identity.

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