Consequently, I was very happy when I found out that we were going to study Der Process for one of my modules this term and really enjoyed reading the novel again. After I've heard about Kafka genuinely laughing during readings of his works, I really could see the comedy in the whole thing. And even though he is sometimes portrayed almost like a tragic figure, I can't help but think of him as someone who also enjoyed life and especially literature. While compiling a playlist to listen to during close reading, I found this nice, quite cheerful acoustic song by Hekla Stålstrenga, which reminds me of that:
Out of interest, me and a friend also recently watched the Trial-film adaptation by Orson Welles, which was good in terms of spacial representation and relations, and Anthony Perkins is just like I would imagine Josef K., but the end was a bit disappointing and didn't really correspond to the impression the novel makes.
It is naturally beyond question that I am going to write my summative essay in this module about Herr K. and his struggle with the law. Observed by Kafka, listening to my Josef K.-playlist. (I wonder when I will get sick of him in the next few weeks. I will tell you when it happens.)
