Franz Kafka and Contemporary Chinese Culture

Abstract

ABSTRACT As a Jewish writer writing in German, who mainly lived in Prague, a European city, Franz Kafka has so deeply affected and shaped China’s contemporary culture in a manner beyond his expectations and imaginations. Besides, the large effect is fantastical to those who love and even are obsessed with Kafka. After all, it is exciting and gratifying. Kafka has an influence upon almost every field, such as literature, film, music, painting, media, touring, catering business, housing, furniture, decoration, wedding photography, women shoes, etc. From “Kafka in China” to “China’s Kafka” everywhere, he has become a pop cultural sign in China today: wherever you go, you would bump into Kafka abruptly.