Amerika

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Amerika is a novel by Franz Kafka that follows a young European immigrant’s surreal and often absurd experiences in the United States.

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Amerika canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
novel
author Franz Kafka
characterType naive protagonist
containsElement dark humor
fantastical realism
satire
countryOfOrigin Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary
depicts European immigrant in America
oppressive institutions
features absurd situations
surreal episodes
follows Karl Rossmann
genre absurdist fiction
immigrant novel
modernist literature
novel
hasPart chapters
incomplete true
languageStyle plain prose
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement modernism
literarySignificance important modernist novel
major work in Kafka’s oeuvre
mainCharacter Karl Rossmann
narrativePerspective third-person
originalLanguage German
portrays distorted version of the United States
posthumouslyPublished true
publicationStatus posthumous
setting United States of America
surface form: United States
style detached narrative tone
ironic
subjectMatter labor and exploitation
migration
social hierarchy
theme absurdity
alienation
authority
bureaucracy
dislocation
exile
identity
immigrant experience
powerlessness
social injustice
timePeriodOfSetting early 20th century
workOfAuthor Franz Kafka

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Franz Kafka notableWork Amerika
The Castle relatedWork Amerika