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‘The Metamorphosis’ is a short story (sometimes classed as a novella) by the Czech-born German-language author Franz Kafka (1883-1924). It is his best-known shorter work, published in German in 1915, with the first English translation appearing in 1933.
One of Kafka's best-known works, The Metamorphosis tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect (German: ungeheueres Ungeziefer, lit. " monstrous vermin ") and struggles to adjust to this condition.
- Peter Kuper, Franz Kafka
- 1915
Aug 23, 2024 · The Metamorphosis is a novella by Franz Kafka that tells the story of Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman curiously transformed into a monstrous bug. It is one of the most celebrated works of literary fiction in history.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Dec 5, 2019 · Kafka writes metaphorically, letting characters, actions, and objects represent emotional and psychological states. Thus, the works are understood best not as narrative advancing a plot but in terms of the protagonist’s attempts to transcend absurdity, depersonalization, and alienation.
Sep 19, 2024 · Franz Kafka (born July 3, 1883, Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now in Czech Republic]—died June 3, 1924, Kierling, near Vienna, Austria) was a German-language writer of visionary fiction whose works—especially the novel Der Prozess (1925; The Trial) and the story Die Verwandlung (1915; The Metamorphosis)—express the anxieties and ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- His father, a materialistic man of business and a tyrant in his household, had a significant influence on Franz Kafka’s life and work. Kafka felt o...
- Franz Kafka moved in German Jewish intellectual circles throughout his life. He received a doctorate in law in 1906 from the University of Prague....
- Franz Kafka’s work is characterized by anxiety and alienation, and his characters often face absurd situations. He is famous for his novels The Tri...
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, written in 1912 and published in 1915, is a surreal and existential novella that explores the themes of alienation, absurdity, and the dehumanizing effects of modern life.
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“The Metamorphosis” is a novella by Franz Kafka that tells the story of Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman who wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a giant insect. The story follows Gregor’s struggle to come to terms with his new form and his family’s reaction to his transformation.
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