As we study Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis in IB English A1 year 1, we need to figure out this often misunderstood author and his work. In order to do that, I ask that you work in your home group on your research findings by calling up one of these articles on Kafka and becoming an expert on it. We will be working in the computer lab on this, so you will not be allowed to print the articles out, you must gather your information while we are in class March 10/11 and you will debrief your group on your findings back in class March 14/15. At that point, you will turn in a short article synopsis (no more than 1 1/2 pages double-spaced typed) and we shall begin unraveling the story of Gregor Samsa's transformation. The following are the article you may consider and some other curiousities I found on the web about all things Metamorphosis:
* Kafka's connection to Judaism
* Kafka's connection to the literary world
* Kafka's connection to Berlin
* Kafka's personal connection to Metamorphosis
* Kafka's negative connection to his father
* Kafka's connection to Milena Jesenska
And here are some interesting things to browse:
* The Metamorphosis and David Bowie's "Changes"
* A modern dance production of The Metamorphosis
* A ve
ry strange (but cool) retelling of The Metamorphosis as if Gregor is a robot who suddenly wakes to find he is now human (or a pressurized bag of jelly)* Slides of Kafka quotes set to classical music
I was also asked to include a link to the video of Nabokov on Kafka for you as well:
Here is Part 1 and here is Part 2
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