| 词条 | The Problem of Our Laws |
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| name = The Problem of Our Laws | title_orig = Zur Frage der Gesetze | translator = | author = Franz Kafka | country = | language = German | series = | genre = Short story | published_in = Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer | publication_type = | publisher = | media_type = book (hardcover) | pub_date = 1931 | english_pub_date = {{plainlist|
}} }} "The Problem of Our Laws" (German: "Zur Frage der Gesetze") is a short parable by Franz Kafka was published posthumously in Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer (Berlin, 1931). The first English translation by Willa and Edwin Muir was published by Martin Secker in London in 1933. It appeared in The Great Wall of China. Stories and Reflections (New York City: Schocken Books, 1946).[1] PlotThe story is a short narrative, where laws of the land are described as esoteric, created by the elite. Thus, being such they are out of the hands by the common people, yet binding. Nobility is seen as the authority, the creator and executor of laws, yet completely separate from those whom they apply to. Yet, these laws create a sense of security among those who follow them, an empty one, since they are in fact a type of cruel joke. Incidentally, the story echoes the labyrinthine system of law and regulations in place among the official in Kafka's earlier novel, The Castle.[2] The parable has also been translated by Michael Hofmann in the London Review of Books July 6, 2015.[3] References1. ^The Great Wall of China: Stories and Reflections. Franz Kafka - 1946 - Schocken Books {{Kafka}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Problem Of Our Laws, The}}2. ^On Kafka's Castle: a study. R Sheppard.1973 - Croom Helm 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.lrb.co.uk/v37/n14/franz-kafka/short-cuts |title=Franz Kafka - Short Cuts - LRB 16 July 2015 |last=Hoffman |first=Michael |date=16 July 2015 |website= |publisher=London Review of Books|access-date= 20 July 2015}} 2 : Short stories by Franz Kafka|Short stories about law |
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