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This is where the conflict between the asserting individual and the conventional society emerges, leaving the individual in isolation if he persists in asserting himself.
Annotated bibliography
Sandner, David. Fantastic literature: a critical reader. Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004.
In this analysis of what he terms as 'fantastic literature,' Sandner looks into the transition of 'realities' in Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis. This transition of realities is the shift from the supernatural to the 'acceptable reality' to describe Gregor's transformation to an insect to eventually being accepted as, indeed, less than a human and more an animal.
Hollingsworth, Cristopher. Poetics of the Hive: the insect metaphor in literature. Iowa: Iowa University Press, 2001.
Hollingsworth's analysis looks into the theme of repression of...
It is through Gregor's transformation to an insect that Gregor sought freedom from his repression, and it is only by being an insect that he became independent and autonomous.
Powell, Matthew. "Bestial Representations of Otherness: Kafka's Animal Stories." Journal of Modern Literature, Vol. 32, No. 1.
In the discussion of Gregor's "Otherness" in The Metamorphosis, Powell explores Gregor's journey to self-discovery, discussing this journey by investigating conceptual definitions of "the self" and "not the self," as well as "ontology of otherness." In discussing otherness, the author would like to point out that there exists another reality, which, in Kafka's stories, are represented by animals, "depicting the grotesque...other (ness)" (131).
Franz Kafka: The Metamorphosis In The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka tells the story of Gregor Samsa, who transforms into a hideous insect-like creature. Gregor was a traveling salesman before he changed into the creature, and one day he wakes to find the transformation has taken place during the night (Kafka 13). Throughout the rest of the novella, Gregor deals with the changes that have taken place and attempts to adjust to what
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka Why did Vladimir Nabokov -- a brilliant, respected and often-quoted novelist, best known perhaps for his classic novel, Lolita -- do a razor-sharp editing job on Kafka's The Metamorphosis? And what is the meaning and the motivation behind Nabokov's intervention into the classic Kafka short story? This paper reviews Kafka's iconic short story and delves into the way in which Nabokov has editorially changed the direction and
His mother Julie Kafka belonged to one of the leading families in the German-speaking, German-cultured Jewish circles of Prague. (Franz Kafka 1883-1924) His relationship with this father was not good and "...Hermann Kafka was a domestic tyrant, who directed his anger against his son." (Franz Kafka 1883-1924) There are many of his stories which can be related to the antagonism and conflict between father and son. This conflict is
And yet in his personal life despite the anguish he wrote about so eloquently he enjoyed modern novelties such as the cinema, aeroplanes, and motor-cycles. He went swimming and followed the vogue for nudism. He had his fair share of sexual affairs, and he complemented those with visits to brothels (Johnson, 2005). Doubts about his work caused Kafka before his death to ask that all of his unpublished manuscripts be
Specific events in the story reflect this posthuman and postmodernist change in form and thought of the individual, characterized by Samsa. The first incident of posthuman change and acceptance was when Samsa's family had just discovered his metamorphosis. While Samsa questioned his transformation at first, after some time, he felt comfortable with the change himself: "…for the first time that day, he began to feel alright with his body…and he
"It will be the death of both of you, I can see that coming. When one has to work as hard as we do, all of us, one can't stand this continual torment at home on top of it. At least I can't stand it any longer.' " Kafka 80) There is a clear sense that the family letting go of the idea that the beast that is living in