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Dans les notes consécutives à son bref séjour en France de 1911, Kafka consacre deux lignes au sergent Hoff devenu célèbre durant le siège de Paris de 1870 pour avoir vengé son père en tuant des Prussiens. Son résumé tronqué laissant croire à une supercherie, il convient de démêler dans son œuvre les motifs secrets de cette altération.

In the notes Kafka took after his brief trip to France in 1911, there are two lines about Sergeant Hoff, who became famous during the siege of Paris in 1870 for having avenged his father by killing Prussian soldiers. Since the short summary leads us to think there is a hoax, this article will seek to unravel the secret motivations for this alteration and identify them in his work.

Nas notas que redige depois da sua breve estada em França em 1911, Kafka consagra duas linhas ao sargento Hoff que ficara célebre durante o cerco de Paris de 1870 por ter vingado o seu pai matando prussianos. Uma vez que este resumo truncado sugere um logro, convém destrinçar, na sua obra, os motivos segredos que deram origem a esta alteração.