How do Franz Kafka and Kevin Halligan use metaphors and imagery to convey the existentialism from the Freudian perspective through the description of an insect?

摘要

Besides being a well known for his existentialist, Franz Kafka also formed the “Kafkaesque” impression with his pieces of writings. For being one of his most-famous novella, Metamorphosis, this study aims to analyse it with an extended perspective including a psychoanalysis from Sigmund Freud who has gathered the philosophical and the psychological understanding of the human existence. Moreover, the poem “The Cockroach” by Kevin Halligan shows remarkable similarities, such as the existentialistic approach towards the concept of life via the imagery of an insect. udThroughout the study, the perception of existentialism in both pieces is examined and then related to the studies of Freud’s psychoanalytic theories by breaking them in to parts. udThe essay’s main aim is to explore the ways in which human existence and the problematic pain it causes is conveyed in the novella and the poem. The captivating correlations in both pieces and their endings, provoke the reader to think about the notion of life. udDespite the fact that many researches has been done on both the pieces, the addition of psychology to a philosophical opinion, allows the reader to comprehend the human existence in a more straightforward and solidified way.