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Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis: A Bug's Life
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“As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into an enormous insect.”
(who amongst us, etc)
This week we're talking Kafka's 1915 novella The Metamorphosis.
Rich swoons over Gregor and is deeply moved by his plight. Cam wonders whether the giant freaky bug might bear some responsibility for events. Benny starts out sorta lukewarm on the whole thing but comes around in the end.
Is this story meant to be a depiction of depression? An autobiographical work about an artist becoming alienated from his philistine family? A Marxist commentary on capitalism? A subconscious Freudian incest thriller?
We fearlessly explore all of these interpretations... and if you can believe it, even more
CHAPTERS
- (00:00:00) reinterpreting kafka thru the lens of richard dawkins tweets
- (00:01:50) what kinda filthy vermin are we dealing with here??
- (00:06:57) arguing about what Gregor’s initial reaction means
- 00:15:44) part two synopsis: I didn't choose the bug life
- (00:19:17) Cam’s incest theory: who is the real parasite?
- (00:25:15) Metamorphosis as kafka's autobiographical self-therapy
- (00:36:30) Alienation and depression
- (00:44:12) genuinely upset about Gregor’s plight
- (00:50:48) Is kafka meant to be funny?
- (00:54:23) Refreshing subversion of realism
- (01:01:29) closing thoughts
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