This lecture discusses key ideas from the work of the 20th century novelist and short story writer, Franz Kafka, "The Metamorphosis"
This lecture discusses the transformation or metamorphosis (Verwandlung) that Gregor Samsa experiences at the very beginning of the story, but also throughout the narrative. As it turns out it is not simply his physical form t ... Show More
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Jorge Luis Borges - The Shape Of The Sword - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosophical short story writer, essayist, and poet Jorge Luis Borges's story "The Shape Of The Sword" which can be found in Collected Fictions. Borges listens to a story told by a former Irish revolutionary, marked by a sca ... Show More
11m 57s
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Jorge Luis Borges - The Theologians - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosophical short story writer, essayist, and poet Jorge Luis Borges's story "The Theologians" which can be found in Collected Fictions. It centers on a (perhaps one-way) rivalry between two Christian theologians, Aurelian ... Show More
22m 35s
Jan 2023
478 The Diaries of Franz Kafka (with Ross Benjamin)
Kafka! The avatar of anxiety! He's long been one of our favorites here at the History of Literature Podcast. In this episode, Jacke talks to translator Ross Benjamin about the new edition of The Diaries of Franz Kafka, published by Schocken Books, which includes some material ava ... Show More
51m 48s
May 2022
404 Kafka and Literary Oblivion (with Robin Hemley)
Author Robin Hemley joins Jacke for a discussion of Kafka, writerly ambition, and his new novel Oblivion: An After Autobiography, which tells the story of a midlist author who finds himself in the posthumous world where authors fade from obscurity into the world of Oblivion...unl ... Show More
58m 56s
May 2021
The Monsters Inside Us (Intermediate)
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Content warning: this episode contains hallucinations, representations of psychosis, homophobia, bullying, child abuse and light mentions of sex.
William is the worst student in his class. He never studies, and the voice insid ... Show More
48m 8s
May 2023
#392 Eudes Séméria : Écrire pour grandir
Guila Clara Kessous reçoit dans Métamorphose Eudes Séméria, psychologue-clinicien, psychothérapeute et ancien vice-président de l’Association française de psychologie existentielle. Écrire n’est pas un acte neutre. Coucher sur le papier ses pensées, ses croyances, ses secrets rev ... Show More
43m 49s