FRANZ KAFKA 👤 Warum wollte er, dass seine Manuskripte verbrannt werden? 🔥

Franz Kafka ✍️ was an Austrian writer of German-language literature, born in Prague, and is considered one of the most important figures in 20th-century literature. 🕯️ His works, such as "The Metamorphosis," "The Trial," and "The Castle," depict a world filled with fear, guilt, loneliness, and inexplicable power. 📚 In this episode, we discuss Franz Kafka's life—his childhood in Prague, his difficult relationship with his father, his illnesses, his love life, his inner turmoil, and his mysterious request to have his manuscripts burned after his death. 🔥 Why did Kafka want his writings to disappear? And why did this very act make him immortal? 👤 ------------------------------------------------- ⚠️ NOTES: Information from the following sources was used to create this episode: 👉 Franz Kafka Portal / S. Fischer Verlag — biographical materials about Franz Kafka's life, his family, his friendships, his relationships, his literary work, and research on him. 👉 Jewish Museum Berlin — Franz Kafka / Access Kafka — materials about Kafka as a German-speaking Jewish writer from Prague, about his manuscripts, his literary estate, and his famous request to Max Brod to destroy unpublished texts after his death. 👉 Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford — Franz Kafka’s Papers and the Bodleian Libraries — information about the history of Kafka's literary estate, Max Brod's decision not to carry out Kafka's last wish, and the subsequent publication of works such as "The Trial," "The Castle," and "Amerika." 👉 👉 Encyclopaedia Britannica — Franz Kafka — general biographical information about Franz Kafka, his origins, his education, his major works, and his significance for 20th-century European literature. ------------------------------------------------- 📜 CONTENTS: 0) 00:00 – Introductory Remarks 1) 00:46 – Birth in Prague (1883–1889) 2) 04:07 – Childhood and Early School Years (1889–1893) 3) 07:24 – Beginning of Gymnasium (1893–1898) 4) 10:36 – Youth and Graduation (1898–1901) 5) 13:46 – University and Turn to Law (1901–1903) 6) 16:58 – The Years of Legal Training (1903–1906) 7) 19:58 – First Service and Literary Beginnings (1906–1908) 8) 23:14 – Transfer to the Workers' Accident Insurance Institute (1908–1910) 9) 26:34 – Diaries and Growing Tension (1910–1912) 10) 29:53 – The Night of "Judgment" and "The Metamorphosis" (1912–1913) 11) 33:01 – First Engagement and Separation (1913–1914) 12) 36:26 – "The Trial" and the War Years (1914–1915) 13) 39:44 – Second Engagement and the Diagnosis (1915–1917) 14) 42:54 – Zürau, Separation, and the "Letter to His Father" (1917–1919) 15) 46:19 – Engagement to Julie and meeting Milena (1919–1920) 16) 49:35 – The relationship with Milena (1920–1921) 17) 52:49 – "The Castle" and retirement (1921–1922) 18) 56:16 – Ongoing illness and Müritz (1922–1923) 19) 59:22 – Berlin with Dora Diamant (1923–1924, March) 20) 01:02:34 – Kierling, death, and legacy (1924, March–June) ------------------------------------------------- #TheBedtimeLecture #Germany #franzkafka #history #documentary