Context, Absurdism, and Authorial Intent (HSC SSCE English Advanced): Flashcards
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Genre of 'The Metamorphosis'
Genre of 'The Metamorphosis'
Absurdist literature
What Gregor Samsa transforms into
What Gregor Samsa transforms into
Monstrous insect (vermin)
Core principle of Kafkaesque absurdism
Core principle of Kafkaesque absurdism
Dream-logic with absence of causality
When & where Kafka wrote 'The Metamorphosis'
When & where Kafka wrote 'The Metamorphosis'
Prague, 1912-1915
Kafka's day job
Kafka's day job
Insurance clerk ('insurance drone')
Kafka technique: treating extraordinary as ordinary
Kafka technique: treating extraordinary as ordinary
Deadpan normalisation
Gregor's first concern after transformation
Gregor's first concern after transformation
Missing work/catching his train
Object lodged in Gregor's back by father
Object lodged in Gregor's back by father
Apple
Kafka's quote on a book's purpose
Kafka's quote on a book's purpose
'Axe for the frozen sea within us'
Narrative perspective in 'The Metamorphosis'
Narrative perspective in 'The Metamorphosis'
Third-person limited (through Gregor)