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The MetamorphosisBy
Franz Kafka
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• …One is alone, a perfect stranger to everyone, and merely an object of curiosity.
Kafka
Franz Kafka1883-1924
• Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia• Despised by Czechs because he spoke
German• Despised by Germans because he was
Jewish• Troubled by his lack of distinct
ethnicity• Father: contemptuous and cold• Mother: dutiful and obedient to husband• Engaged four times; never married• Worked at an insurance company; hated
his job• Wrote at night; tortured by writing
process• Contracted tuberculosis; died in Vienna,
Austria in 1924
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What is surrealism?
• Surrealism is an artistic, philosophical, intellectual and political movement that aimed to break down the boundaries of rationalization to access the imaginative subconscious.
• First gaining popularity in the 1920s,the approach relies on Freudian psychological concepts.
• Often reflects alienation.
Surrealist Elements• Surrealists adopted Carl Jung’s belief in the
universal subconscious: all possess an innate knowledge and understanding of symbolic images.
• Metaphoric significance to all images• Juxtaposition of contrary images• Stretching, exaggeration, or distortion of reality• Absurd images, tragic, perverse, or comedic
LITERARY TERMS• Surrealism• Kafkaesque• Animalism• Allegory• Metaphor• Symbolism• Magical Realism• Irony• Black Humor
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Plot
• Story starts with Climax• The rest of the story is RESOLUTION
–Exposition: shown in Part 1–Rising Action: Starts when Gregor turns
into a dung beetle; continues until Part III.
–Denouement: begins when Grete demands the family gets rid of Gregor
THEMES
• Work and Relationships
• Familial Responsibility
• Alienation • Restriction of
Freedom • Guilt/Duty to
Family • Personal identity
Surrealist Art
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Is he or isn’t he? That is the question.
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