Franz Kafka is one of the pioneers of Western modernism with far-reaching influence. His works focus on describing the loneliness and depression of people in modern society. His cold and mysterious literary style has formed an independent literary term "Kafkaesque".
Kafka's diary, as the continuation and sustenance of his writing, is an important reference for understanding and studying his life experience and literary works. It is an important part of Kafka's spiritual world and is as significant as any of his handed down works. It has the same style and texture as traditional literary works such as novels, but because of the unique privacy, randomness and daily nature of the diary, Kafka can more freely reveal his inner world: his worries about daily trivial matters, his persistence and unique understanding of literature and creation; it also more prominently demonstrates his absurd dream-like flow of language and his astonishing imagination.
We can see the trivial details and delicate emotions of Franz in his daily life. His struggles and repetitions happen to be the painful aspects of contemporary youth. Coupled with the advanced nature of his thinking, this diary of a writer from a hundred years ago has become a spiritual sketch of modern youth.
