Friday, November 14, 2014

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24 comments:

  1. Is Kafka trying to reinforce common family/gender roles during this time or trying to avoid them?

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  2. How would Kafka's definition of metamorphosis change from 1915 to now?

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  3. Can Gregor's deteriorating state be attributed to the onset of mental disorders?

    How was the middle class of the 1910's different from that of the modern era?

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  4. To what extent did the family's economic situation gradually change how they viewed Gregor's metamorphosis? Was the necessity for a source of income a driving force in decision making for many middle class families in the 1910's?

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  5. How do different interpretations of "The Metamorphosis," specifically those viewed through different critical lenses, coincide?

    To what extend did certain sociological factors shape Kafka's definition of a metamorphosis?

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  6. How does Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" relate to Ovid's "Metamorphoses"?

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  7. To what extent did Kafka's personal economic status and familial relationships affect his portrayal of Gregor and his family in "The Metamorphosis"?

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  9. The subject of money was one reoccurring factor for the Samsa family. During the years surrounding 1915 was earning money as important to other families as it was to the Samsa family?

    Is any part of Kafka's work based off of or outline Ovid's works such as "Metamorphoses"?

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  10. How do family/ gender roles of 1915 compare to the Samsa family in metamorphosis?
    How do they relate to Kafka's family?

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  11. In the 1900's, what did the typical family dynamic consist of and is there any evidence Franz Kafka could have lived in a household where this dynamic was present?

    If Gregor's metamorphosis was set on by a mental illness, how could this relate directly to Kafka's personal life? Is it possible that he may have had a similar experience as Gregor?

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  12. How much of Franz Kafka's family background has had an influence on the characters in "Metamorphosis"?

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  13. How much of "The Metamorphosis" is a representation of Kafka's personal life experiences?

    How the economic circumstances of the time period relate to the hardships faced by the Samsa family?

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  14. Why would Kafka not want certain pieces of his writing published for the public eye?
    What caused Kafka to write about surreal situations in his texts?
    Through a Freudian lense, how does Kafka's own life experiences show within "The Metamorphosis"?

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  15. How much of the Samsa family's economic struggles and resulting lifestyle was true to a typical middle class family in 1915?

    How much of the structure of the Samsa family was shaped by the construct of women in that time period and the presence (or lack of) feminism?

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  16. How does Gregor's hypothetical onset of mental illness relate to the treatment of the mentally ill in the early 1900's? What statement could Kafka be trying to make?

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  17. What was Kafka's social/economic class? How did this influence his writing of Metamorphosis? His other stories?

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  18. How did Kafka's views on the capitalist/imperialist issues of the time period influence Metamorphosis? What was the historical context which shaped these views?

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  19. Why did Kafka choose a bug for Gregor's metamorphosis? Why not an animal? Or an inanimate object?

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  20. What philosophies can be seen in Kafka's novella, Metamorphosis? Was he aware of them when writing the text?

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  21. To what extent did freudian theory/ psychoanalytical theory play a role in the "metamorphosis" of Kafka's characters? And for what purpose did they serve?

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  22. How much did Kafka's economic situation influence "Metamorphosis" and how did it warp the way the Samsa family viewed money?

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  23. What is meant when someone says kafkaesque? How has Kafka and metamorphosis I flue card other writers/artists?

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  24. Revised: How could specific events and socioeconomic status have had an influence on Kafka's writing of Metamorphosis and The Judgement?

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