Background of The Study
literature world. The opposite is also worked. Several novelists like Doetevsky and Kafka were called to be precedents along with Kierkegaard and Nietzsche in the mid-
century. This developed within circle of drama as in theatre of the absurd from Beckett, who influenced by idea of existentialism.
Study about existentialism has been done by some existentialists. One of the study is made by Jean Paul Sartre. In 1940, Sartre published “Notebooks for an
Ethics. His works based on criticism by Merleau-Ponty and de Beauvoir. Sartre is no longer wrote about pessimism. He elaborated about his relation account with other
existentialist and takes deeper study about Hegel idea. Reason to write a paper about existentialism is to introduce the ideology in
simple way. The Trial or Deer Prosess is a translated short story by Franz Kafka. He is a novelist and a short story writer from Germany. He wrote numerous works in his
life. Kafka is considered as one of influential written in 20’s. He has his own unique style which is bizarre, surreal, illogical and complex. The author of story was also the
reason why this topic was chosen. Franz Kafka was an interesting author for reference because his own style in writing. His way of writing is described in specific
term called “Kafkaesque”. This style is inspired others in both literature and art. In fact, most of Kafka’s works is related to existentialism.