@article{2019,title={DESPAIR AS AN IMAGE IN FRANZ KAFKA’S LETTERS},abstractNode={The goal of this study is to answer the question whether the despair phenomenon that forms the basis for the works of Kafka, one of the most significant modern authors of the 20th century, is only a literary component that he used in his fictional-artistic texts or a part of his lifestyle and worldview from a biographical perspective. In this context, Kafka’s letters are studied with an imagological approach to deal with the despair phenomenon which might both be regarded as the source of his literature and life. Putting forward his life and writings as reliable proofs, the study has dealt with his psychological development, background features and subconscious aspects that helped shape his personality. Therefore, Kafka’s hope image in his diaries was also studied with a biographical approach and compared with the images in his letters. We have also tried to reveal how despair image, central to our subject, was used in this text type and to what extent it overlaps with or differentiates from despair which is a significant element of his literary works.},author={Damla ARSLAN},year={2019},journal={The Journal of Academic Social Science}}