THE NEED FOR COMMUNITY: LEARNING FROM ZOLA AND KAFKA

Modern times have experienced a transition from a society dominated by the concept of Gemeinschaft (community) to one dominated by the concept of Gesellschaft (association).Literature offers the opportunity to investigate society and understand the conflicting interests at stake, as well as the technique employed to solve these conflicts. In some respect, according to Calvino, literature can help the Law understand human behaviour, even if the solution offered is nothing more than a prelude to a new problem.The intersection between Law and literature tells us that individual situations always fall into that social, cultural, historical, economic kaleidoscope, which affects our actions no less than our will.