I>Das Schloss [
The Castle], Kafka’s third and last novel, is one of his most ambitious, elusive and subtle texts. It resembles many of Kafka’s other third-person narratives, including
Der Prozess[
The Trial], in the extent to which the narrative perspective provides intimate but at the same time potentially critical access to the consciousness of the central character, and in the way the surface meaning of the text seems to contain significant names and symbols, metaphors and cultural references which invite us to look for deeper meanings.
The Castlehas neither the broad picaresque canvas of the
Americanovel, nor the dramatic urgency of
The Trial, but instead presents us with a study of character and situation in which the smallest details acquire significance. Kafka began work on…
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Citation: Dodd, William J.. "Das Schloss". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 21 April 2005 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=11503, accessed 09 October 2024.]