The Interpretation of Gregor's Transformation in The Metamorphosis from the Perspective of Existentialism

• Authors: Li Anheng

Abstracts

EN

The Metamorphosis is one of the greatest novels written by Franz Kafka in 1915, which depicts the surreal and absurd transformation of Gregor Samsa into a beetle. Existentialism is borrowed to help interpret the implications of Gregor's transformation. After the transformation, Gregor lives in hatred, dread, absurdity, hopelessness, helplessness and despair. He is isolated, estranged, alienated by his family and the society. Centering on Gregor's transformation, this paper discovers that the authentic existing situation of the underprivileged is entirely revealed in this novella; the pathetic dark side of the human existence is vividly depicted and presented via transformation by Franz Kafka, who meanwhile deeply explores the negative sensations of human existence.

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Bohemistyka
• Year: 2022
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 153-173

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Li Anheng

• Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/bo.2022.2.1

Biblioteka Nauki

2084992