Franz Kafka's "The Trial" (1987)

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A suppressor of his own writings, Franz Kafka even requested that upon his death all his extant works be destroyed—yet those very works accurately prefigured the anxieties and alienation so commonly associated with the latter part of the 20th century. This program delves into Kafka’s fictional world, primarily through a gripping dramatization of The Trial, a combination of simple tale and complex parable describing Joseph K.’s bizarre arrest and execution. Professor George Steiner, of Geneva University, sheds light on the wellsprings of Kafka’s disturbingly prescient vision. Join us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellect Donate Crypto! https://commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259 Share this video! This is part of the Ten Great Writers of the Modern World series: Ten Great Writers Seminar: https://youtu.be/yiJC_piyJJI Franz Kafka: https://youtu.be/1t-GbIbVHCI Fyodor Dostoevksy: https://youtu.be/7ZlB2t_fKkE Henrik Ibsen: https://youtu.be/U2Glw642vWM James Joyce: https://youtu.be/Ob3NWUtCCJI Luigi Pirandello: https://youtu.be/YB2yae1t5IY T.S. Eliot: https://youtu.be/UoEHySQ9Gmo Joseph Conrad: https://youtu.be/yjq19I3U8H8 Virginia Woolf: https://youtu.be/jYySvYKGong Thomas Mann: https://youtu.be/we0Ubj1Qtq0