Kafka was thought to be the origin of Western Modernism Literature, with whom many trends of literature claim ties of blood, Existentialism, Surrealism, Magical Realism, Theater of Absurdity, and French New Novel are some among them.

• 卡夫卡被认为是西方现代主义文学的源头,在他之后的存在主义文学、超现实主义文学、魔幻现实主义文学、荒诞派戏剧甚至法国“新小说”等流派都与其渊源深厚。