Der Process

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Der Process is the original German title of Franz Kafka's seminal existential novel commonly known in English as "The Trial."

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instanceOf literary work
novel
alsoKnownAs Der Proceß NERFINISHED
Der Prozeß NERFINISHED
Der Prozeß (The Trial) NERFINISHED
author Franz Kafka NERFINISHED
completionStatus incomplete manuscript
containsEmbeddedParable Before the Law NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED
editorOfFirstEdition Max Brod NERFINISHED
firstPublicationForm book
firstPublishedInLanguage German
genre absurdist fiction
existential novel
modernist novel
hasAdaptation The Trial (1962 film) NERFINISHED
The Trial (1993 film) NERFINISHED
various stage adaptations
hasEnglishTitle The Trial NERFINISHED
hasMotive arbitrary authority
opaque justice system
influenced 20th-century modernist fiction
absurdist theatre
existentialist literature
isPosthumous true
language German
literaryMovement Modernism
literarySignificance canonical work of existential fiction
key work of 20th-century literature
mainCharacter Josef K. NERFINISHED
manuscriptLanguage German
narrativePerspective third-person narration
narrativeTone claustrophobic
surreal
notableChapter Before the Law NERFINISHED
originalTitleOf The Trial NERFINISHED
placeOfFirstPublication Germany NERFINISHED
protagonistOccupation bank clerk
publicationStatus unfinished
setInPeriod early 20th century
setting unnamed European city
structure fragmentary
theme absurdity of law
alienation
bureaucracy
existential anxiety
guilt
oppressive legal systems
powerlessness

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The Trial originalTitle Der Process