The Metamorphosis

作者: Franz Kafka 著

出版社: Simon & Schuster

出版时间: 2009-08

版次: 1

ISBN: 9781416599685

定价: 25.00

装帧: 平装

开本: 32开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 144页

正文语种: 英语

丛书: Enriched Classics

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>文学

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TheEnrichedClassicsseriesoffersreaderssuchfeaturesas:?Aconciseintroductionthatgivesthereaderimportantbackgroundinformation?Achronologyoftheauthor’slifeandwork?Atimelineofsignificanteventsthatprovidesthebook’shistoricalcontext?Anoutlineofkeythemesandplotpointstohelpguidethereader’sowninterpretations?Detailedexplanatorynotes?Criticalanalysis,includingcontemporaryandmodernperspectivesonthework?Discussionquestionstopromotelivelyclassroomandbookgroupinteraction?Alistofrecommendedrelatedbooksandfilmstobroadenthereader’sexperience?Reader-friendlyfontsize FranzKafkaFranzKafkawasoneofthemostsignificantandinfluentialfictionwritersofthe20thcentury.Dark,absurdist,andexistential,hisstoriesandnovelsconcernthestrugglesoftroubledindividualstosurviveinanimpersonal,bureaucraticworld.BiographyFranzKafkawasbornin1883toawell-to-domiddle-classJewishfamily.Hisfather,theself-madeproprietorofawholesalehaberdasherybusiness,wasadomineeringmanwhoseapprobationFranzcontinuallystruggledtowin.TheyoungerKafka'sfeelingsofinadequacyandguiltformthebackgroundofmuchofhisworkandaremadeexplicitinhis"LettertoHisFather"(excerptedinthisvolume),whichwaswrittenin1919butneversent.KafkawaseducatedintheGermanlanguageschoolsofPragueandatthecity'sGermanUniversity,wherein1908hetookalawdegree.Literature,however,remainedhissolepassion.AtthistimehebecamepartofaliterarycirclethatincludedFranzWerfel,MartinBuber,andKafka'sclosefriendMaxBrod.EncouragedbyBrod,KafkapublishedtheprosecollectionObservationsin1913.Twoyearslaterhisstory"TheStoker"wontheFontaineprize.In1916hebeganworkonTheTrialandbetweenthistimeand1923producedthreeincompletenovelsaswellasnumeroussketchesandstories.Inhislifetimesomeofhisshortworksdidappear:TheJudgment(1916),TheMetamorphosis(1916),ThePenalColony(1919),andTheCountryDoctor(1919).Beforehisdeathoftuberculosisin1924,KafkahadchargedMaxBrodwiththeexecutionofhisestate,orderingBrodtoburnthemanuscripts.WiththesomewhatcircularjustificationthatKafkamusthaveknownhisfriendcouldnotobeysuchanorder,BroddecidedtopublishKafka'swritings.Tothisactof"betrayal"theworldowesthepreservationofsomeofthemostunforgettableandinfluentialliteraryworksofourcentury.BiographycourtesyofBN.comDateofBirth:七月3,1883PlaceofBirth:Prague,Austria-HungaryDateofDeath:六月3,1924PlaceofDeath:Vienna,AustriaEducation:Germanelementaryandsecondaryschools.GraduatedfromGermanCharles-FerdinandUniversityofPrague. INTRODUCTION

CHRONOLOGY OF FRANZ KAFKA'S

　LIFE AND WORK

HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF The Metamorphosis

THE METAMORPHosIS

NOTES

INTERPRETIVE NOTES

CRITICAL EXCERPTS

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

SUGGESTIONS FOR THE INTERESTED READER
内容简介:
TheEnrichedClassicsseriesoffersreaderssuchfeaturesas:?Aconciseintroductionthatgivesthereaderimportantbackgroundinformation?Achronologyoftheauthor’slifeandwork?Atimelineofsignificanteventsthatprovidesthebook’shistoricalcontext?Anoutlineofkeythemesandplotpointstohelpguidethereader’sowninterpretations?Detailedexplanatorynotes?Criticalanalysis,includingcontemporaryandmodernperspectivesonthework?Discussionquestionstopromotelivelyclassroomandbookgroupinteraction?Alistofrecommendedrelatedbooksandfilmstobroadenthereader’sexperience?Reader-friendlyfontsize
作者简介:
FranzKafkaFranzKafkawasoneofthemostsignificantandinfluentialfictionwritersofthe20thcentury.Dark,absurdist,andexistential,hisstoriesandnovelsconcernthestrugglesoftroubledindividualstosurviveinanimpersonal,bureaucraticworld.BiographyFranzKafkawasbornin1883toawell-to-domiddle-classJewishfamily.Hisfather,theself-madeproprietorofawholesalehaberdasherybusiness,wasadomineeringmanwhoseapprobationFranzcontinuallystruggledtowin.TheyoungerKafka'sfeelingsofinadequacyandguiltformthebackgroundofmuchofhisworkandaremadeexplicitinhis"LettertoHisFather"(excerptedinthisvolume),whichwaswrittenin1919butneversent.KafkawaseducatedintheGermanlanguageschoolsofPragueandatthecity'sGermanUniversity,wherein1908hetookalawdegree.Literature,however,remainedhissolepassion.AtthistimehebecamepartofaliterarycirclethatincludedFranzWerfel,MartinBuber,andKafka'sclosefriendMaxBrod.EncouragedbyBrod,KafkapublishedtheprosecollectionObservationsin1913.Twoyearslaterhisstory"TheStoker"wontheFontaineprize.In1916hebeganworkonTheTrialandbetweenthistimeand1923producedthreeincompletenovelsaswellasnumeroussketchesandstories.Inhislifetimesomeofhisshortworksdidappear:TheJudgment(1916),TheMetamorphosis(1916),ThePenalColony(1919),andTheCountryDoctor(1919).Beforehisdeathoftuberculosisin1924,KafkahadchargedMaxBrodwiththeexecutionofhisestate,orderingBrodtoburnthemanuscripts.WiththesomewhatcircularjustificationthatKafkamusthaveknownhisfriendcouldnotobeysuchanorder,BroddecidedtopublishKafka'swritings.Tothisactof"betrayal"theworldowesthepreservationofsomeofthemostunforgettableandinfluentialliteraryworksofourcentury.BiographycourtesyofBN.comDateofBirth:七月3,1883PlaceofBirth:Prague,Austria-HungaryDateofDeath:六月3,1924PlaceofDeath:Vienna,AustriaEducation:Germanelementaryandsecondaryschools.GraduatedfromGermanCharles-FerdinandUniversityofPrague.
目录:
INTRODUCTION

CHRONOLOGY OF FRANZ KAFKA'S

　LIFE AND WORK

HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF The Metamorphosis

THE METAMORPHosIS

NOTES

INTERPRETIVE NOTES

CRITICAL EXCERPTS

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

SUGGESTIONS FOR THE INTERESTED READER

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