DiscoverThe Socialist ShelfRoach Dance: Kafka's, "The Metamorphosis"
Roach Dance: Kafka's, "The Metamorphosis"

Roach Dance: Kafka's, "The Metamorphosis"

Update: 2025-08-12
Share

Description

We're going roach mode.


This week we cover Franz Kafka's 1915 classic, "The Metamorphosis," a story about a man getting straight up turned into a giant cockroach...bro still tries to go to work.


We get into the life of Kafka and the challenges of life as a Jewish man in early century Austria-Hungary. We discuss his numerous complexes and obsessions and how they manifested in this book that would become a staple of classrooms everywhere.

Music by Solo Monk (@SoloMonk256 on Twitter, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/solomonkart⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,) Episode art if from this great roach dance concert video.

Comments 
00:00
00:00
x

0.5x

0.8x

1.0x

1.25x

1.5x

2.0x

3.0x

Sleep Timer

Off

End of Episode

5 Minutes

10 Minutes

15 Minutes

30 Minutes

45 Minutes

60 Minutes

120 Minutes

Roach Dance: Kafka's, "The Metamorphosis"

Roach Dance: Kafka's, "The Metamorphosis"

The Socialist Shelf