This paper focussed on the influence of society on man and how it leads to anxiety. Kafka’s protagonists are Gregor, Josef K, and Mr. Klamm, taken for this study to compare their anxiety to modern-day people’s anxiety. As Kafka prophesizes through his deep-suffering characters, suggestions are made to throw anxiety naturally in this post-modern era. The clinical diagnosis reports analyse the social influence to compare the modern struggles people face and Kafka’s protagonists. Everything will be the same; the anxiety of man is always alarming the upcoming disaster, it may be family or society. Maybe Kafka is the mouthpiece of society and the forthcoming war society. So, throughout his characters, it is proven that lack of care and attention to self and others and voluntarily giving up one’s rights are man’s weaknesses and the first cause of the disaster. Thus, the study fully concentrates on today’s generation through Kafka’s protagonists. Various clinical diagnoses are compared, and solutions are analysed in this study.
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Volume 1 | Issue 2 | Year 2023 | Article Id: LLL-V1I2P102 DOI: https://doi.org/10.59232/LLL-V1I2P102
Social Influence and Anxiety of Modern Society on Man in the Selected Novels of Franz Kafka: A Study
R. Shakthi Vikram, S. Saransri, F. Flora Jannet
| Received | Revised | Accepted | Published |
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| 30 Jun 2023 | 25 Jul 2023 | 08 Sep 2023 | 26 Sep 2023 |
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R. Shakthi Vikram, S. Saransri, F. Flora Jannet. “Social Influence and Anxiety of Modern Society on Man in the Selected Novels of Franz Kafka: A Study.” DS Journal of Language, Linguistics and Literature, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 8-12, 2023.
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Depression, Anxiety, Society, Influence, Self-care, Love, Modern man.
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