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A2 German: Die Verwandlung & Der Besuch der alten Dame?

Hello there

I'm currently doing A2 German right now and for the literature paper, we're using the books ,Die Verwandlung' and 'Der Besuch der alten Dame'. Do any of you know any good websites or textbooks (the ones which explain the different themes) for these books? Man....German book are daym hard to read

Thank a lot! :smile: :smile:
Reply 1
Hi there. I'm in my first year at uni and we studied Die Verwandlung. I'll copy and paste my bibliography for the essay I wrote on it. The books were useful, although they might be hard to find in a normal library (as opposed to a university one). The websites I used were useful as well though.

Kafka, Franz: Die Verwandlung. Ed. Peter Hutchinson. London: Methuen Educational, 1985. Text taken from the edition published by Kurt Wolff Verlag, Leipzig, 1915.

Kafka, Franz: The Metamorphosis and Other Stories. Trans. Stanley Appelbaum. New York: Dover Publications, 1996.

Speirs, Ronald and Sandberg, Beatrice: Franz Kafka. Basingstoke: Macmillan Press, 1997.

Flores, Angel and Swander, Homer: Franz Kafka Today. New York: Gordian Press, 1958.

Rolleston, James: A Companion to the Works of Franz Kafka. New York: Camden House, 2002.

Coulehan, Jack: The Metamorphosis, in: Literature, Arts and Medicine Database, 1994: http://mchip00.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webdescrips/kafka98-des-.html (retrieved 22/12/05).

Nowak, Jeff and Ruch, Allen: The Metamorphosis, in: The Modern Word Online, 2004: http://www.themodernword.com/kafka/kafka_works_novellas.html (retrieved 27/12/05).

Herzog, Brian: My Take on The Metamorphosis, in: My Tribute to Franz Kafka, 1996: http://www.herzogbr.net/kafka/index.html (retrieved 27/12/05).

Mao, Dominique: A for Apple, in: My Tribute to Franz Kafka, 1999: http://www.herzogbr.net/kafka/papers05.htm (retrieved 27/12/05).

Nabokov, Vladimir: The Metamorphosis, http://www.vahidnab.com/kafka.htm (retrieved 27/12/05).

Hope this helps!
I'm studying "Der Besuch..." at the moment as well. I actually haven't looked for any websites as yet (have been extremely unenthusiastic about German), but will have a look tmw and anything I find I'll PM to you :biggrin:

We should swap essays or something you know hehe!
Reply 3
Thank you sooooo much James, the websites were very helpful
Reply 4
james99
Hi there. I'm in my first year at uni and we studied Die Verwandlung. I'll copy and paste my bibliography for the essay I wrote on it. The books were useful, although they might be hard to find in a normal library (as opposed to a university one). The websites I used were useful as well though.

Kafka, Franz: Die Verwandlung. Ed. Peter Hutchinson. London: Methuen Educational, 1985. Text taken from the edition published by Kurt Wolff Verlag, Leipzig, 1915.

Kafka, Franz: The Metamorphosis and Other Stories. Trans. Stanley Appelbaum. New York: Dover Publications, 1996.

Speirs, Ronald and Sandberg, Beatrice: Franz Kafka. Basingstoke: Macmillan Press, 1997.

Flores, Angel and Swander, Homer: Franz Kafka Today. New York: Gordian Press, 1958.

Rolleston, James: A Companion to the Works of Franz Kafka. New York: Camden House, 2002.

Coulehan, Jack: The Metamorphosis, in: Literature, Arts and Medicine Database, 1994: http://mchip00.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webdescrips/kafka98-des-.html (retrieved 22/12/05).

Nowak, Jeff and Ruch, Allen: The Metamorphosis, in: The Modern Word Online, 2004: http://www.themodernword.com/kafka/kafka_works_novellas.html (retrieved 27/12/05).

Herzog, Brian: My Take on The Metamorphosis, in: My Tribute to Franz Kafka, 1996: http://www.herzogbr.net/kafka/index.html (retrieved 27/12/05).

Mao, Dominique: A for Apple, in: My Tribute to Franz Kafka, 1999: http://www.herzogbr.net/kafka/papers05.htm (retrieved 27/12/05).

Nabokov, Vladimir: The Metamorphosis, http://www.vahidnab.com/kafka.htm (retrieved 27/12/05).

Hope this helps!



Thanks a million James. The English translation made it so much easier!!!!