On the Narrative Art of Kafka’s The Metamorphosis

Abstract

The Metamorphosis is one of the most famous novels written by Franz Kafka. Through depicting such a bizarre and absurd story as the transformation of the main character Gregor into a beetle, the work reveals the reality that people are eventually alienated under the environment of capitalist society and the great pressure of social life. The Metamorphosis is quite distinctive in its narrative technique, and scholars have done a lot of research on it. This paper tries to analyze the novel from the perspective of narratology and reveal the irreplaceable role of the integration of different narrative techniques in the expression of the characters’ hearts and the dystopian theme of the novel.