身份认同与存在的虚无——卡夫卡《城堡》的解读

20世纪以来,西方众多的知名作家通过文学来表现自己对人自身的思索,"文学并不是人们关心的终极目标,它只是个中介和手段,所有的关注与努力最终还应回归到人以及人的生活本身。"卡夫卡在《城堡》中表露出现代人对自身存在的疑惑以及对身份认同的追求,从而传达出现代人的迷惘和其生存的困境。卡夫卡认为:"生活是虚无,是一场梦,一次徘徊。"

Identity and Nothingness of Being——Interpretation of Franz Kafka's Novel The Castle

Since the beginning of the 20th century,many well-known western writers have displayed their thinking of human itself through literature,and "literature is not the ultimate goal which e people care about,it is only a medium and a means to the goal.In the end,all attention and efforts should return to human life." But in his novel THE CASTLE,Franz Kafka describes the doubts of modern people about their existence and their pursuit of identity,thus revealing their puzzle and dilemma.As Kafka puts it,"Life is a nihility,is a dream,time paces back and forth."