One of the most striking transformations of Kafka's most famous story is into an acclaimed performance for the Royal Ballet.
Dancing "The Metamorphosis"
This podcast discusses how thinking about movement in the story and the ballet offer insights into Gregor Samsa's transformation and what it is to be human.
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Oxford Humanities explores approaches to Kafka and his most famous story "The Metamorphosis" through interviews with world experts, to mark the centenary of his death. We cover how "The Metamorphosis" has itself been transformed into new forms like ballet, theatre and comic books; how Kafka’s work has been read, from ecological insights to questions of illness, humour, feminism or race; how writers from across the world have responded to him from J. M. Coetzee to the...