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Franz Kafka / The Metamorphosis
Essay topics for Kafka’s “ Metamorphosis”
1. Gregor Samsa the vermin/beetle/bug – is he “real” or only a dream?
2. Gregor’s “metamorphosis” – escape or punishment ?
3. Compare Kafka’s short prose “On Parables” (handout) with “The
Metamorphosis”
4. What’s the “meaning” of the story? (Your interpretation)
Some literature on Franz Kafka and the text available in the library
PT2621 .A26 Z5745 1995
Approaches to teaching Kafka's short fiction / edited by
Richard T. Gray.
PT2621 .A26 Z9316 1990
Franz Kafka : a study of the short fiction / Allen Thiher.
PT2621 .A26 Z8653 1980
The secret raven : conflict and transformation in the
life of Franz Kafka / Daryl Sharp.
PT2621 .A26 Z758
The Kafka debate : new perspectives for our time /
edited by Angel Flores.
PT2621 .A26 A7732 1973
The commentators' despair : the interpretation of
Kafka's Metamorphosis.
Corngold, Stanley.
PT2621 .A26 Z817 1966
Franz Kafka : parable and paradox / by Heinz
Politzer.
PT2621 .A26 Z71955 1958
Franz Kafka today / edited by Angel Flores and
Homer Swander.
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