Franz Kafka-The Czech yet not author
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, 06-24-2008 at 04:34 PM (1876 Views)
Kafka is a mystery, he really is. Several times in the last couple of weeks Ive been asked have you read any Czech authors to which Ive replied no but Im about to read Kafka, to which i inevitably get a blank stare and the words oh but he's not really Czech he was German...??? err come again
Well it turns out while he was born and lived in Prague, and there are streets named after him and the museum, he wrote in german and spoke german and thus does not qualify as a Czech writer, which is a tad annoying as it means there are no Czech authors translated into english available online boo hoo
Chapter I Anyways the Metamorphosis what a gruesome horrible story I mean ick cockroach
Chapter II Its also a bit Oedipus-ish isnt it exept that its the father after killing his son. And what made him transforme? and why a ccokroach of all things, and my God how much thinkig did Kafka put into this?
Then I keep hearing that fairytales and witches magic is a large or was rather of Bohemian culture prhaps that were the idea for the metamorpphisis comes? A fairy/folk tale.... more research needed.
Chapter III
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Well now one of the librarians I work with translated the title as the changing but Gregor isnt the only one that changes his sister Grete does too. maybe the tale is of the metamorphosis of the whole family rather than just Gregor
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