At the top of your page, start with the topic ″Modernism in Kafka′s The Metamorphosis″ followed with ″by″ and your name. This helps note the focus of the assignment and the author students will be replying to. If your name in the system is different than the name you go by, then use the name you go by. So, if your name is Oswin Clara Oswald, and the system goes by your first name Oswin, and you want to be called Clara, then this is what you would put for your name. (Remember the topic is not the same as the creative subject line.) Skip a line and start the first of three paragraphs required for this assignment. Remember to avoid going online and reading anything about the work. Base your comments on the quotes. If you have questions, a good place to talk to classmates would be the Coffee Shop discussion board. For paragraph 1, focus on several common themes found in Kafka′s work from the list provided in the Kafka reading item in the module. Click here for direct link Kafka reading: The Metamorphosis or go to the Modernism module and select the item. Start paragraph with something like ″One common theme in Kafka′s story is ″ .″ Then, start showing quotes and explaining how the quotes reflect the common theme. See guidelines and samples for how to quote from this work below. Include at least 2 common themes and 4 different direct quotes from the work to support the themes. Include your explanations about how the themes are seen in the passages. Close this paragraph with a message the modern reader might take away from a reading of this story. Is there a message for us today in what Kakfa shows in the story? Is there something you think Kafka wants his readers to realize or change in themselves or their culture? For paragraph 2, do the same as above but focus on several elements or themes of Modernism from the list provided in the Modernism module. Click here to review Modernism elements and themes or go to the module and review the item. Provide 4 different quotes than the ones above to support and prove at least 2 of the elements or themes. Explain how the passages you select reveal the elements or themes. Wrap up this paragraph with a closing thought reflecting on the element or theme. You can reflect like the paragraph above where you consider what might be Kafka′s messages to the modern reader about these elements or themes. For paragraph 3, relate several elements and themes and main character to a Styx music video. One of the course objectives is to see how the literature affects modern society. You can see the same Modern elements and themes in a popular video from the 80′s.
