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Franz Kafka Gesamtwerk - Neuausgabe: Tagebücher Bd.1: 1909-1912
Ob Kafkovih dnevnikih moramo pomisliti na izjemno široki pisateljski razpon, ki ga nudi dnevniški medij. V Kafkovem primeru so dnevniški zapiski v teku let doživeli veliko preobrazbo. Začetni dnevniški zapiski, ki jih prinaša prva od treh načrtovanih knjig Kafkovih dnevnikov, so pisani sicer kot zasebne beležke, ki pa so deloma izjemno literarizirane, prehajajo v prozo in esej ter se še umeščajo v praško tradicijo tistega časa, ko ni bilo neobičajno, da so si ljudje v Kafkovi družbi prebirali iz svojih dnevnikov, jih v primerih obnavljanja skupnih doživetij celo primerjali in po potrebi korigirali. V zgodnjih Kafkovih dnevnikih tako kar mrgoli izjemno natančnih popisov situacij, s posebno pozornostjo za geste in telesnost ljudi. Kasneje se Kafkova pozornost postopoma premesti na opisovanje spominov in domislic. Pisanje dnevnikov postaja za Kafko medij za samostabilizacijo in pomiritev, za sidranje v jeziku.
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First published January 1, 2008
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About the author
Franz Kafka
3,268 books38k followersPrague-born writer Franz Kafka wrote in German, and his stories, such as "
The Metamorphosis
" (1916), and posthumously published novels, including
The Trial
(1925), concern troubled individuals in a nightmarishly impersonal world.
Jewish middle-class family of this major fiction writer of the 20th century spoke German. People consider his unique body of much incomplete writing, mainly published posthumously, among the most influential in European literature.
His stories include "The Metamorphosis" (1912) and " In the Penal Colony " (1914), whereas his posthumous novels include The Trial (1925), The Castle (1926) and Amerika (1927).
Despite first language, Kafka also spoke fluent Czech. Later, Kafka acquired some knowledge of the French language and culture from Flaubert, one of his favorite authors.
Kafka first studied chemistry at the Charles-Ferdinand University of Prague but after two weeks switched to law. This study offered a range of career possibilities, which pleased his father, and required a longer course of study that gave Kafka time to take classes in German studies and art history. At the university, he joined a student club, named Lese- und Redehalle der Deutschen Studenten, which organized literary events, readings, and other activities. In the end of his first year of studies, he met Max Brod, a close friend of his throughout his life, together with the journalist Felix Weltsch, who also studied law. Kafka obtained the degree of doctor of law on 18 June 1906 and performed an obligatory year of unpaid service as law clerk for the civil and criminal courts.
Writing of Kafka attracted little attention before his death. During his lifetime, he published only a few short stories and never finished any of his novels except the very short "The Metamorphosis." Kafka wrote to Max Brod, his friend and literary executor: "Dearest Max, my last request: Everything I leave behind me ... in the way of diaries, manuscripts, letters (my own and others'), sketches, and so on, [is] to be burned unread." Brod told Kafka that he intended not to honor these wishes, but Kafka, so knowing, nevertheless consequently gave these directions specifically to Brod, who, so reasoning, overrode these wishes. Brod in fact oversaw the publication of most of work of Kafka in his possession; these works quickly began to attract attention and high critical regard.
Max Brod encountered significant difficulty in compiling notebooks of Kafka into any chronological order as Kafka started writing in the middle of notebooks, from the last towards the first, et cetera.
Kafka wrote all his published works in German except several letters in Czech to Milena Jesenská.
Jewish middle-class family of this major fiction writer of the 20th century spoke German. People consider his unique body of much incomplete writing, mainly published posthumously, among the most influential in European literature.
His stories include "The Metamorphosis" (1912) and " In the Penal Colony " (1914), whereas his posthumous novels include The Trial (1925), The Castle (1926) and Amerika (1927).
Despite first language, Kafka also spoke fluent Czech. Later, Kafka acquired some knowledge of the French language and culture from Flaubert, one of his favorite authors.
Kafka first studied chemistry at the Charles-Ferdinand University of Prague but after two weeks switched to law. This study offered a range of career possibilities, which pleased his father, and required a longer course of study that gave Kafka time to take classes in German studies and art history. At the university, he joined a student club, named Lese- und Redehalle der Deutschen Studenten, which organized literary events, readings, and other activities. In the end of his first year of studies, he met Max Brod, a close friend of his throughout his life, together with the journalist Felix Weltsch, who also studied law. Kafka obtained the degree of doctor of law on 18 June 1906 and performed an obligatory year of unpaid service as law clerk for the civil and criminal courts.
Writing of Kafka attracted little attention before his death. During his lifetime, he published only a few short stories and never finished any of his novels except the very short "The Metamorphosis." Kafka wrote to Max Brod, his friend and literary executor: "Dearest Max, my last request: Everything I leave behind me ... in the way of diaries, manuscripts, letters (my own and others'), sketches, and so on, [is] to be burned unread." Brod told Kafka that he intended not to honor these wishes, but Kafka, so knowing, nevertheless consequently gave these directions specifically to Brod, who, so reasoning, overrode these wishes. Brod in fact oversaw the publication of most of work of Kafka in his possession; these works quickly began to attract attention and high critical regard.
Max Brod encountered significant difficulty in compiling notebooks of Kafka into any chronological order as Kafka started writing in the middle of notebooks, from the last towards the first, et cetera.
Kafka wrote all his published works in German except several letters in Czech to Milena Jesenská.
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June 23, 2019
Assim como todos os mortais, Kafka também sentia raiva, inveja, sentia-se depressivo (talvez mais que muitos).
Entretanto, Kafka com inveja é assim:
"Inveja de um suposto sucesso de Baum, de quem, contudo, gosto muito. A propósito disso, a sensação de ter no meio do corpo um novelo que se enrola rapidamente com um número infinito de fios que ele puxa para si da borda de meu corpo."
E Kafka depressivo é assim:
"Hoje cedo, pela primeira vez desde muito tempo, outra vez a alegria com a ideia de uma faca sendo torcida em meu coração."
Estes diários serão muito ricos para quem, como eu, é apaixonado pela obra e a escrita de Kafka. Aqui, temos relatos sobre sua relação com o pai, a família, a arte, e, especialmente, sobre sua relação com a escrita e o trabalho - e a sua crescente angústia de não poder escrever.
Para quem não tem interesse nestas anotações pessoais sobre a vida do escritor ou no seu processo de elaboração, entretanto, pode ser um pouco cansativo. Há trechos e trechos de pequenos textos reescritos com pequenas alterações, muitos relatos sobre peças de teatro e óperas, etc.
Entretanto, Kafka com inveja é assim:
"Inveja de um suposto sucesso de Baum, de quem, contudo, gosto muito. A propósito disso, a sensação de ter no meio do corpo um novelo que se enrola rapidamente com um número infinito de fios que ele puxa para si da borda de meu corpo."
E Kafka depressivo é assim:
"Hoje cedo, pela primeira vez desde muito tempo, outra vez a alegria com a ideia de uma faca sendo torcida em meu coração."
Estes diários serão muito ricos para quem, como eu, é apaixonado pela obra e a escrita de Kafka. Aqui, temos relatos sobre sua relação com o pai, a família, a arte, e, especialmente, sobre sua relação com a escrita e o trabalho - e a sua crescente angústia de não poder escrever.
Para quem não tem interesse nestas anotações pessoais sobre a vida do escritor ou no seu processo de elaboração, entretanto, pode ser um pouco cansativo. Há trechos e trechos de pequenos textos reescritos com pequenas alterações, muitos relatos sobre peças de teatro e óperas, etc.
July 9, 2025
3.5/5
December 6, 2019
Kafka je tak strašně obskurní a zároveň tak intimní a ve svém myšlení povědomý. Jeho pozorovací talent. Detaily, kterých se dotýká. A jádro, ke kterému se propracovává. Asi nejvíc mě zaujal jeho pohled na psaní - je to něco chorobného, ale zároveň nezbytného pro jeho existenci. Tělem i duší. Celou bytostí. Ta identifikace s tím je pro mě tak silná. Všechny ty pochyby - o sobě, o svém psaní, o místě ve světě, v kterém se nalézáte. Občas se nechávám unášet představou, jak asi zněl Kafkův hlas, zajímalo by mě, jestli odrážel to veliké vnitřní napětí, celý ten makabrózní vesmír. Číst tyhle texty, které měly být zničeny, není pozitivní ani negativní zkušenost, ale někdy mi při tom spojení, těch povědomých pocitech, srdce zvláštně bije. Tohle je moje "comfort literature" (comfort food), pomáhá mi to. A přitom je fascinující, jak je to vlastně jen obyčejný život, obyčejný člověk, obyčejné situace.
October 11, 2022
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October 18, 2025
Warum 5 Sterne? Kafka vermischt Persönliches mit Literatur, sodass die Grenzen zwischen Autobiographie und Fiktion- wenn nicht aufgehoben - dann doch fließend sind. Auf Anraten Brods hat Kafka 1909 angefangen, zu notieren und früh sollte sich herausstellen, dass er dies nicht auf ein ,Ziel’ hin tat, sondern dass das Schreiben bereits Selbstzweck ist und daher ebenso erfüllend sein kann, wenn es heißt:
,,Die besondere Art meiner Inspiration in der ich Glücklichster und Unglücklichster jetzt um 2 Uhr nachts schlafen gehe […] ist die, daß ich alles kann, nicht nur auf eine bestimmte Art hin. Wenn ich wahllos einen Satz hinschreibe z.B. Er schaute aus dem Fenster so ist er schon vollkommen.“ (Tagebuchaufzeichnung vom 19.11.1911)
Das Ganze hat natürlich den Charakter eines Trainingsplatzes, auf dem Kafka mit seinen Werkzeugen hantiert, bastelt und baut. Als Leser darf man dann den Ergebnissen - selbst Fragmente zählen meiner Meinung nach dazu - seiner Versuche beiwohnen. Und eben das ist so faszinierend.
,,Die besondere Art meiner Inspiration in der ich Glücklichster und Unglücklichster jetzt um 2 Uhr nachts schlafen gehe […] ist die, daß ich alles kann, nicht nur auf eine bestimmte Art hin. Wenn ich wahllos einen Satz hinschreibe z.B. Er schaute aus dem Fenster so ist er schon vollkommen.“ (Tagebuchaufzeichnung vom 19.11.1911)
Das Ganze hat natürlich den Charakter eines Trainingsplatzes, auf dem Kafka mit seinen Werkzeugen hantiert, bastelt und baut. Als Leser darf man dann den Ergebnissen - selbst Fragmente zählen meiner Meinung nach dazu - seiner Versuche beiwohnen. Und eben das ist so faszinierend.
July 17, 2011
"Beschneidung in Rußland. In der ganzen Wohnung, wo sich nur Türen finden, werden handtellergroße mit kaballistischen Zeichen bedruckte Tafeln aufgehängt, um die Mutter in der Zeit zwischen der Geburt und der Beschneidung vor bösen Geistern zu schützen, die ihr und dem Kind um diese Zeit besonders gefährlich werden können, vielleicht weil ihr der Körper so sehr geöffnet wurde und also allem Bösen bequemen Eingang bietet und weil auch das Kind solange es nicht in den Bund aufgenommen ist, dem Bösen keinen Widerstand leisten kann. Deshalb wird auch, damit die Mutter keinen Augenblick allein bleibe, eine Wärterin aufgenommen. Zur Abwehr der bösen Geister dient es auch daß während 7 Tagen nach der Geburt mit Ausnahme des Freitag 10-15 Kinder, immer andere, gegen Abend unter Führung des Belfer (Hilfslehrer) zum Bett der Mutter vorgelassen werden dort das Schema Israel aufsagen und dann mit Süßigkeiten beschenkt werden. Diese unschuldigen 5-8 Jahre alten Kinder sollen die bösen Geister, die gegen Abend am meisten drängen, besonders wirksam abhalten. Freitag wird ein besonderes Fest abgehalten, wie überhaupt während dieser Woche mehrere Gastmähler einander folgen. Vor dem Tag der Beschneidung werden die Bösen am wildesten, deshalb ist die letzte Nacht eine Wachnacht und man verbringt sie bis gegen Morgen wachend bei der Mutter. Die Beschneidung erfolgt meist in Gegenwart von oft über 100 Verwandten und Freunden. Der angesehenste der Anwesenden darf das Kind tragen. Der Beschneider, der sein Amt ohne Bezahlung ausübt, ist meist ein Säufer, da er beschäftigt, wie er ist, an den verschiedenen Festessen sich nicht beteiligen kann und daher nur etwas Schnaps herunterschüttet. Alle diese Beschneider haben deshalb rote Nasen und riechen aus dem Mund. Es ist daher auch nicht appetitlich, wenn sie, nachdem der Schnitt ausgeführt ist, mit diesem Mund das blutige Glied aussaugen wie es vorgeschrieben ist. Das Glied wird dann mit Holzmehl bedeckt und ist in 3 Tagen beiläufig heil."
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