Abstract This paper examines approaches to analyzing Franz Kafka's work, in particular those of Hajek and David Damrosch. The author highlights the vast differences in their approaches to literary criticism. The paper uses Kafka's "Metamorphosis" as an example of how Hajek and Damrosch examine Kafka's work from different angles. Despite their differences, both approaches contribute to our overall understanding Kafka's works.
From the Paper "Critics have written extensively about the works of Franz Kafka and about his particular strengths and weaknesses as a writer, often taking wildly opposing points of view. Two such critics, Hajek and David Damrosch, clearly demonstrate these differing tendencies in their critical appraisal of Kafka's work. Their dissimilar methods of approach towards Kafka's fiction can not only be applied to it but to fiction in general."
