kafka
カフカ
解説 Definition
Kafka は、チェコ出身のドイツ語作家フランツ・カフカを指します。『変身』や『審判』などの作品で知られる20世紀の作家です。
Kafka refers to Franz Kafka, a Prague-born German-language writer whose fiction includes The Metamorphosis and The Trial. His works are noted for unsettling situations involving alienation, obscure authority, and seemingly irrational systems.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
Kafka は『変身』『審判』で知られるドイツ語作家 Franz Kafka の姓で、固有名なので通常は大文字で書く。作品に見られる、理由の分からない罪、逃れにくい官僚制度、不安な状況を Kafkaesque「カフカ的な」と結び付けると、作家名と文学的特徴を一緒に記憶できる。
Remember Kafka as the surname of Franz Kafka, the German-language writer associated with The Metamorphosis and The Trial. Picture an ordinary person trapped in a disturbing situation governed by rules or authorities that cannot be understood or escaped. That atmosphere connects the author’s name with the adjective Kafkaesque, used for nightmarishly complicated, absurd, or oppressive situations, especially those involving bureaucracy. This connection helps you remember both the name and the distinctive character of his fiction. Since Kafka is a surname and proper name, capitalize it in standard English, as in “a story by Kafka” or “books about Kafka.”
例文
Our class read a short story by Kafka.
私たちのクラスはカフカの短編を読みました。
The library has several books about Kafka.
その図書館にはカフカに関する本が数冊あります。
She wrote her essay on Kafka and modern literature.
彼女はカフカと近代文学について論文を書きました。
kafka の類義語・関連語
派生語
kafka の語源・成り立ち Etymology
チェコ語の「kavka（カケス）」に由来する作家の姓です。この固有名詞から「Kafkaesque（カフカ的な）」が派生し、官僚制の不条理や謎めいた恐怖を形容する語となりました。鳥の名が文学史を代表する作家名を経て、現代の社会状況を示す概念語へと広がりました。
Kafka is a surname of Czech origin, commonly connected with Czech kavka, the name of the jackdaw, a bird in the crow family. In English, the name primarily identifies Franz Kafka, the Prague-born German-language author. His surname later produced the adjective Kafkaesque, which describes disturbingly absurd, oppressive, or confusing situations resembling those in his fiction. Kafkaian also exists as a less common adjective relating to Kafka or his work.
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