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Kafka and Eliot critique modern culture by depicting individuals as self-conscious functionaries grappling with a profound loss of spirituality and identity. Their works reflect the struggle for authenticity and happiness amid the dehumanizing impacts of industrialization and capitalism in post-WWI Europe. The authors highlight the tension between personal fulfillment and the societal forces that inhibit it.
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Based on the texts by Kafka and Eliot, (writing on one or the ot.docx
- 1. Based on the texts by Kafka and Eliot, (writing on one or the other or both), discuss how the writers seem critical of modern culture, as they portray modern man as a self-conscious functionary who fears an acute loss of spirituality and identity, as well as the ability to achieve authenticity and happiness, overcome by the dehumanizing forces of industrialization and capitalism in post-WWI Europe.