FRANZ KAFKA IN SIGHT OF POPCULTURE

Abstract

The paper deals with the research of elements of popular culture in Franz Kafka's oeuvre from the aspect of the relationship between society and popular culture in the 20th century. The research leads to several examples in which, while building popular culture, the heroes of Kafka's works try to solve their own emotional, family, religious and social problems. In this regard, this paper demonstrates how popular culture in Kafka's works manifests itself through the interaction of the broad masses of people with government structures, up to his personal relationship with his father, which grows into rebellion. In this way, this work points to a theme that runs through almost all of Kafka's works, which is the problem of modern man. Relying on the theory of John Fiske, this paper aims to present the importance of the elements of popular culture in the broader plan of the analyzed segments, that is, on the level of their modernist character. Since in the era of simulation and representation, any kind of authentic and original culture is virtually impossible, this paper tries to point out Kafka's unique way of resisting the imposed way of life and a view of the world through literature.