A Brief Analysis of the Imagery in The Metamorphosis

Wenmin Tang

Article ID: 4029
Vol 6, Issue 6, 2023

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Abstract


This article briefly summarizes Franz Kafka and his work The Metamorphosis in the modernist period, explores the imagery in the
work, analyzes the application and function of the imagery in the novel text, from the bug, doors, and windows to apples, explores the effect
of imagery in the novel, and finally reveals part of the themes of the novel.

Keywords


Kafka; The Metamorphosis; Imagery

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18686/ijmss.v6i6.4029

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