Kafka's Reinvention and Invention of Ancient Greek Mythology
Franz Kafka's three short stories,"The silence of the siren,""Prometheus,"and"Poseidon,"deconstruct and reconstruct the famous characters and their stories in Ancient Greek mythology.The paper explains the"New three chapters"one by one,showing how Franz Kafka's mythological remaking and innovation can undermine the sanctity and credibility of mythological texts with multiple versions.It empties the myths of their rich sensibility,heroic spirit,and aesthetic allure,dissolving the myth's narrative rules and idolatry.This constant reversal and rotation of the perspectives on human beings,aided by the slippery fallacy created by the text and the inexplicable new story,shakes the foundation of European literature,offering an alternative narrative mode regarding the existence of humans and gods.
Franz KafkaAncient GreeceMythologySirenPoseidonPrometheus
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