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Reflective Statement For The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka
Reflective Statement For The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka
How was your understanding of cultural and contextual considerations of the work
developed through the interactive oral ?
Before the oral discussion in the class around the novella “The Metamorphosis by
Franz Kafka, my understanding of cultural and contextual considerations of the work was
limited. Therefore, the interactive oral significantly provided me with the significance of
Prague’s history role, the structure of society, the conflicts between classes and
appearance of capitalism and existentialism in the novella.
From our oral discussion, I became aware that the novella’s context was partly
influenced by Prague’s situation at that time. In the nineteenth century, while World War
I were about to break out, Prague was the capital of Bohemia. In this period, Jewish family
grew rapidly and the majority of them spoke Czech. Czech-speaking people were
considered as the working class and contrast to them, German was the language of the
empire’s rulers. Therefore, two main classes bourgeoisie and proletariat were portrayed
during the discussion. We all agreed that although two classes did not seem to relate to
others, there was still an unbreakable connection between them. Proletariat - the working
class, depends on the managers - the bourgeoisie for their jobs and earnings. The
discussion also brought about the idea that the people with the same class cared for
others and had more humanity than the upper class. Furthermore, we came to the
conclusion that wealthy people dominated poor people.
The interactive oral was a valuable experience to comprehend the role of history,
structure and conflicts between bourgeoisie and proletariat. It also gave us a chance to
take into consideration his life’s influence on his work.