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Oxford Humanities explores approaches to Kafka and his most famous story "The Metamorphosis": how the text 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 'Brazilian Kafka' Clarice Lispector or Marie NDiaye; and finally how artists have 'written back' to Kafka from their own time and place from the Czech Republic, Spain or even a viral Facebook novel in Russia.
For the curious a reading list associated with this series is available on ORLO (see Related Links).
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12 | Kafka’s Metamorphosis | An in-depth exploration of the theme of transformation in Kafka's "The Metamorphosis". Why does Kafka's story still resonate today? | Carolin Duttlinger, Bary Murnane, Karen Leeder | 03 Jun 2024 | |
11 | Dancing "The Metamorphosis" | One of the most striking transformations of Kafka's most famous story is into an acclaimed performance for the Royal Ballet. | Meindert Peters, Karen Leeder | 03 Jun 2024 | |
10 | Kafka and Humour | Award-winning comedian David Baddiel discusses the kinds of humour that operate in Kafka and how laughter and nightmare are often closer than you think | David Baddiel, Karen Leeder | 03 Jun 2024 | |
9 | Kafka and Comics | Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" has been translated into many languages and forms. This podcast explores Peter Kuper's graphic novel. | Alexandra Lloyd, Karen Leeder | 03 Jun 2024 | |
8 | Kafka and Race | The transformation that takes place in "The Metamorphosis" has been referenced in any number of recent works by writers that explore issues of race, otherness and power. | Kirstin Gwyer, Karen Leeder | 03 Jun 2024 | |
7 | Kafka and Ecology | Although Kafka does not treat environmental issues directly, his work has much to say about time, scale, uncertainty, inside and out and ecology in a broader sense, along our own position in a fragile world. | Conor Brennan, Karen Leeder | 03 Jun 2024 | |
6 | Kafka and Illness | Using Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" as a starting point, this memoir of MS examines a range of lives and works to think through how illness challenges identity and how literature can help find a way through. | Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Karen Leeder | 03 Jun 2024 | |
5 | The Brazilian Kafka: Clarice Lispector | Dubbed "the Brazilian Kafka", the writer Clarice Lispector wrote an experimental text that seems to echo the "Metamorphosis" in a number of ways. | Claire Williams, Karen Leeder | 03 Jun 2024 | |
4 | J. M. Coetzee and Kafka | Nobel-prize winning author J. M. Coetzee has continued to reflect on and respond to Kafka in different ways throughout his life and work. | Elleke Boehmer, Karen Leeder | 03 Jun 2024 | |
3 | Two Czech Reflections on Greta Samsa | The figure of the sister, Greta Samsa, in Kafka's story "The Metamorphosis" has fascinated writers and thinkers since the story was written. | Rajendra Chitnis, Karen Leeder | 03 Jun 2024 | |
2 | Writing Back: Spanish Literature | Two important works of modern Spanish literature both take their cue from Kafka's letters to his companion, the Czech writer, journalist and translator Milena Jesenska. | Daniela Omlor, Karen Leeder | 03 Jun 2024 | |
1 | Writing Back: Russian Literature | Although Kafka and his work was frowned on behind the iron curtain, his works had a remarkable subterranean currency. This podcast takes its cue from Kafka's story "The Judgement" to discuss the "letters" written back to Kafka from today's Russia. | Sophia Buck, Karen Leeder | 03 Jun 2024 |