I love your analysis, and I definitely agree that the "stranginest" of this story is a major theme that no one seems to emphasize. Many reviews start by describing the plot as some kind of realistic story, but in fact, the weird internal logic of both Ka and the village, the dream-like state of everything, and the absurdism, as you said, are the main themes in my view.
@LiminalSpaces03
28 күн бұрын
Thank you so much!
@edvardkvist36564 ай бұрын
Thanks for a refreshing analysis and voice, regarding the book I finished this evening, it was truly a marvelous read. Me being interested in philosophy of religion and theology (natural and revealed). This then, from my eyes seen, was the most interesting parts of this story was the trying to make sense of the correspondence between the village and the castle. I did find the book getting heavier and heavier for it's accumulating style of the allegory getting more intricate for every page. Questions that this book really highlighted for me was the metaphysics of transferring of messages, i.e. where precisely can the transfer be located in a chain of inference. Although that is rather epistemological I think I might try to put some thought into making sense of Kafkas depiction of this book and as how it might work with bridging reason and revealed belief in a religious faith as the paradox of bridging the finite and the infinite. On the subject of revealed theology I found the part when K. peeked through a hole in a door at Klamm to be fascinating! This was only the third of his books I read, before this I read Investigations of a dog which really took me by surprise. I could find a lot of serious, to be accounted for, thoughts on epistemology and philosophy of mind in that one! Greetings from Sweden, you just earned yourself a well deserved 800 subs!
@LiminalSpaces03
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching and being our 800th subscriber! I'm happy to see this specific video get some attention. I read this is the depth of winter and it was the perfect book at the perfect time! I really enjoy your interpretation of the very strange and allegorical bureaucratic process of the town trying to communicate with the castle and think it could easily refer to humankind trying to communicate with a form of higher power. Thanks for watching and welcome aboard!
@josephnunes86818 күн бұрын
I honestly enjoy the castle and america more then the trial .. i dont like to say it but i always have.
@LiminalSpaces03
10 күн бұрын
Interesting, I've not read Amerika, but I think I liked the Trial a bit more than the Castle.
@themojocorpse12905 ай бұрын
As a SF reader of many many years I recently realised I had not read some important books / authors . Things like Moby dick , The brothers karamazov , Kafkas work to mention but a few so I am now putting at least one major work a month in amongst the SF I usually read. This video was excellent I will definitely be reading some Kafka soon.
@LiminalSpaces03
5 ай бұрын
Kafka is worth it, and although he is not sci-fi, I feel like his writing has many aspects that pair well with sci-fi! Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment!
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I love your analysis, and I definitely agree that the "stranginest" of this story is a major theme that no one seems to emphasize. Many reviews start by describing the plot as some kind of realistic story, but in fact, the weird internal logic of both Ka and the village, the dream-like state of everything, and the absurdism, as you said, are the main themes in my view.
@LiminalSpaces03
28 күн бұрын
Thank you so much!
Thanks for a refreshing analysis and voice, regarding the book I finished this evening, it was truly a marvelous read. Me being interested in philosophy of religion and theology (natural and revealed). This then, from my eyes seen, was the most interesting parts of this story was the trying to make sense of the correspondence between the village and the castle. I did find the book getting heavier and heavier for it's accumulating style of the allegory getting more intricate for every page. Questions that this book really highlighted for me was the metaphysics of transferring of messages, i.e. where precisely can the transfer be located in a chain of inference. Although that is rather epistemological I think I might try to put some thought into making sense of Kafkas depiction of this book and as how it might work with bridging reason and revealed belief in a religious faith as the paradox of bridging the finite and the infinite. On the subject of revealed theology I found the part when K. peeked through a hole in a door at Klamm to be fascinating! This was only the third of his books I read, before this I read Investigations of a dog which really took me by surprise. I could find a lot of serious, to be accounted for, thoughts on epistemology and philosophy of mind in that one! Greetings from Sweden, you just earned yourself a well deserved 800 subs!
@LiminalSpaces03
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching and being our 800th subscriber! I'm happy to see this specific video get some attention. I read this is the depth of winter and it was the perfect book at the perfect time! I really enjoy your interpretation of the very strange and allegorical bureaucratic process of the town trying to communicate with the castle and think it could easily refer to humankind trying to communicate with a form of higher power. Thanks for watching and welcome aboard!
I honestly enjoy the castle and america more then the trial .. i dont like to say it but i always have.
@LiminalSpaces03
10 күн бұрын
Interesting, I've not read Amerika, but I think I liked the Trial a bit more than the Castle.
As a SF reader of many many years I recently realised I had not read some important books / authors . Things like Moby dick , The brothers karamazov , Kafkas work to mention but a few so I am now putting at least one major work a month in amongst the SF I usually read. This video was excellent I will definitely be reading some Kafka soon.
@LiminalSpaces03
5 ай бұрын
Kafka is worth it, and although he is not sci-fi, I feel like his writing has many aspects that pair well with sci-fi! Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment!