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Two Czech Reflections on Greta Samsa

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Conversations on Kafka
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The figure of the sister, Greta Samsa, in Kafka's story "The Metamorphosis" has fascinated writers and thinkers since the story was written.
This podcast focuses on Czech literature to see how the sister has taken on a life of her own after Kafka, raising issues of feminism, politics and the fall of Communism.

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Conversations on Kafka
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Rajendra Chitnis
Karen Leeder
Keywords
franz kafka
the metamorphosis
czech literature
vladimir nabokov
greta samsa
milena slavická
karel kosík
fall of communism
reception
Department: Faculty of Medieval & Modern Languages
Date Added: 03/06/2024
Duration: 00:16:46

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