Gothic Themes of Kafka

First off, the word "Kafka" sounds like a choking cat.

Kafka modernizes traditional Gothic themes by using them through something else. Example: Georg's father in "Judgement" represents the empire. And in many traditional Gothic themes, the thing that represents the empire, is obviously, the empire.

Kafka decides that he like men better as hero's than women. He also gives his stories a kind of mind-bending twist that is not present in the more classic works. Kind of like a those Inception, Matrix, and Interstellar. Leaves you sitting there like "what on earth did I just read?" I think that is his biggest difference and what makes him especially unique.