Write a literary analysis where the task is to evaluate Franz Kafka’s story the metamorphosis. Remember, an analytical paper breaks down an issue or an idea into its component parts, evaluates the issue or idea, and presents this breakdown and evaluation to the audience. Critical papers analyze or explain some important point about a piece of literature. Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis tells a tale of alienation and societal oppression. The task, then, will be to evaluate the implications of the language that signifies Gregor and Grete’s identity and the attenuation of their power. In addition, in one body paragraph, students will consider feminist criticism as the manner by which to evaluate the constituted ideology. In this assignment, the student will use the aforementioned theoretical perspective to examine and analyze a specific element or aspect of the assigned work. Literary theory pertains not to the meaning of a work of literature but to the theories that reveal what literature can mean. This assignment is not an essay about theory. In a single body paragraph, this essay will present a critical evaluation of The Metamorphosis from a particular theoretical perspective. The student is not writing about a specific theory; the students, instead, applying that theory to the story.
Students will write the essay in the third person and use the literary present tense. When discussing events in a book or story, always use the present tense, unless there is a shift in the time frame within the world of the text. Students may only use quotes from the primary source, the story. Students may not use quotes from any other source. Failure to satisfy this instruction will render the essay unacceptable.MLA requires that the paper be double spaced with 1-inch margins. In addition, you will use Times New Roman font face and12-point font size.