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MDC 102: Making of the Modern Mind II: Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
Dates: 1883-1924
Nationality: Czech/Austria-Hungary
Activities:
Insurance Officer
Factory Manager
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Literary Movements:
Magic Realism
Existentialism
Modernism c.1899-1945
Literary Periods:
Modernist
Surrealist
Twentieth Century
The first edition (1916) of The Metamorphosis featured a cover illustration by Ottomar Starke. When Kafka learned that Starke was to do an illustration, he wrote: "The insect itself must not be illustrated by a drawing. It cannot be shown at all, not even from a distance".
Articles on The Metamorphosis
The following links from our databases provide analysis and criticism of Franz Kafka's work, The Metamorphosis.
- Overview: "The Metamorphosis""Overview: 'The Metamorphosis'." Short Stories for Students. Ed. Jennifer Smith. Vol. 12. Detroit: Gale Group, 2001. Literature Resource Center. Web.
- Critical Essay on "The Metamorphosis"Goldfarb, Sheldon. "Critical Essay on 'The Metamorphosis'." Short Stories for Students. Ed. Jennifer Smith. Vol. 12. Detroit: Gale Group, 2001. Literature Resource Center. Web.
- Aspects of the Grotesque in Kafka's "The Metamorphosis"Evans, Robert C. ""Aspects of the Grotesque in Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis." The Grosteque, Bloom's Literary Themes. New York: Chelsea House, 2009. N. pag. Bloom's Literary Reference Online. Web.
- "The Metamorphosis": MasterplotsSilet, Charles L. P. "The Metamorphosis." Masterplots, Fourth Edition (2010): 1-3. MagillOnLiterature Plus. Web.
Films On Demand Videos
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Websites
These sites offer reliable, valid information about Franz Kafka and his work.
- Kafka's Metamorphosis in His Time and in Ours: Penn Reading ProjectWarren Breckman, Associate Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania
Penn Reading Project Lecture. - The Glencoe Literature Library Study Guide to The MetamorphosisStudy guide from McGraw Hill Publishing.
- The Metamorphosis: The Kafka ProjectDetails of Kafka's world are included on this site.
- Franz Kafka BiographyBiography from the Biography channel of A & E.
- Was Franz Kafka an Existentialist?The History Guide: Lectures on Twentieth Century Literature.
- Franz Kafka NewsNew York Times articles and a list of resources from around the web about Franz Kafka as selected by researchers and editors of The New York Times.
Books & Videos
Franz Kafka by Call Number: PT2621.A26 Z93 2007 Regular LoanISBN: 1432589741Publication Date: 2007-03-01
Franz Kafka by Call Number: PT2621.A26 Z7166 Regular LoanISBN: 0877547246Publication Date: 1986-01-01
Franz Kafka:A Study of the Short Fiction by Call Number: PT2621.A26 Z9316 Regular LoanISBN: 0805783237Publication Date: 1989-12-01
Franz Kafka by Call Number: PT2621.A26 Z878 1997 Regular LoanISBN: 0312173776Publication Date: 1997-08-01
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