"er sei so weit in der Fremde, wie vor ihm noch kein Mensch" Franz Kafka's Discovery of Lust

Abstract

This contribution presents and analyses some of the most important passages about lust in Kafka's works, and it discusses some critical remarks on the subject made by Rainer Stach und Milan Kundera. - Finally the focus is laid on the - for Kafka typical - connection between the experience of lust and strangeness.

Keywords

• Franz Kafka
• Lust
• Eroticism
• Strangeness
• Self