The Metamorphosis By Franz Kafka .

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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