The Puzzle of Land Surveyor in The Castle and the Identification Dilemma of the Jewish Settlers in Prague
The Castle occupies a very important position in Kafka research field.However,there are still some fundamental and critical issues in the novel that have not received due attention.Whether K is a land surveyor is one of those questions.On this issue,the opinions of Kafka researchers vary,and they all hold the corresponding evidences.In fact,K's identification is inherently ambiguous.Asserting he is a land surveyor or not is arbitrary.Behind K's ambiguous identification lies the identification dilemma of the Jewish settlers in Prague.
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