The Metamorphosis

Text of the novella

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/5200/5200-h/5200-h.htm

The Kafka Project

Interpreting The Metamorphosis Through the Lens of Modernist Thought

Question:

How can The Metamorphosis be understood from the point of view of each of these philosophies or movements?  

Process: 

• Read.
• Discuss: What ideas or values are present in the story?
• Teach the class next week.
• 50 points
• The group's assessment of the most salient parallel between the story and the philosophy.
• Passage-based
• 2 minutes.
• Clear
• Conducive to discussion 

The Metamorphosis and Existentialism

Humanities Volume 2 pp. 465-467

The Metamorphosis and Darwin

Humanities Volume 2 p. 345

The Metamorphosis and Nietzsche

Humanities Volume 2 pp. 346-347

The Metamorphosis and Freud

Humanities Volume 2 pp. 382 (bottom)-384

The Metamorphosis and Marx

Humanities Volume 2 pp. 318-320

The Metamorphosis and Surrealism

Humanities Volume 2 pp. 397-400