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  2. The Metamorphosis - Wikipedia

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    The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung), also translated as The Transformation, [1] is a novella by Franz Kafka published in 1915.One of Kafka's best-known works, The Metamorphosis tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect (German: ungeheueres Ungeziefer, lit. "monstrous vermin") and struggles to adjust to ...

  3. The Metamorphosis in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung) is a novella by Franz Kafka published in 1915. One of Kafka's best-known works, The Metamorphosis tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect and struggles to adjust to his new condition.

  4. The Metamorphosis (1971 story) - Wikipedia

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    Oates's "The Metamorphosis" is one of a number of "reimagined" stories that represent explicit tributes to the masters of the short story form, in this instance Franz Kafka's and his The Metamorphosis (1915). [6] [7] In Kafka's original work, the protagonist, Gregor, is acutely aware of his physical transformation and stoically struggles to ...

  5. List of fictional salespeople - Wikipedia

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    Gregor Samsa, from Franz Kafka's novel The Metamorphosis. Dwight Schrute, owner of a paper distribution company from the TV series The Office. Spamton G. Spamton, failed salesman in the video game Deltarune. Jan Spier, a French fries salesman from Marc Sleen's comic The Adventures of Nero. [3]

  6. Franz Kafka bibliography - Wikipedia

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    Kafka had no intention of labeling Gregor, the protagonist of the story, as any specific thing, but instead wanted to convey Gregor's disgust at his transformation. Translators have chosen numerous inexact and unsatisfactory ways to represent "[zu einem] ungeheuren Ungeziefer", unable to convey the repetition of the first two syllables and the ...

  7. Metamorphosis (2012 film) - Wikipedia

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    Metamorphosis is a 2012 feature film adaptation of Franz Kafka's classic 1915 novella Die Verwandlung (The Metamorphosis), adapted and directed by Chris Swanton.To celebrate the first publication of Franz Kafka's iconic novella in book form in 1916, the film's London-based production company, Attractive Features Ltd, has brought out this Centenary Edition with new CGI, the addition of a ...

  8. 'Beau Is Afraid' explained: A disturbingly in-depth ... - AOL

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    Asking if Beau's mother was really the unseen puppet master in her son's life is sort of like asking if Gregor Samsa really turned into a giant bug in Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis." (Kafka is ...

  9. Anxious Pleasures - Wikipedia

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    Anxious Pleasures explores intertextuality by appropriating and rewriting Franz Kafka's 1915 novella The Metamorphosis, about a man named Gregor Samsa who wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a giant insect, from the points-of-view of the until-now secondary characters. Interspersed sections relate the narrative of Margaret, a ...