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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

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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.

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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

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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

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THEMES

• Work and Relationships

• Familial Responsibility

• Alienation • Restriction of

Freedom • Guilt/Duty to

Family • Personal identity

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Surrealist Art

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Is he or isn’t he? That is the question.

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