tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post6413744658945458519..comments2024-03-10T15:20:30.552-05:00Comments on stmhumanities: Kafka & Gabriel Garcia MarquezMrs.Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17626503384057111894noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-36210439893172723132012-01-28T23:55:12.983-06:002012-01-28T23:55:12.983-06:00Kafka's metamorphosis is very strange but kafk...Kafka's metamorphosis is very strange but kafka makes it clear that it is not a dream. Gregor's metamorphosis is a reality that he and his family have to learn to deal with. Marquez is also realism but he adds a magical element which make it seems almost unreal like a giant cockroachMalloryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01949461544938544945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-354238091747144682012-01-25T12:12:32.271-06:002012-01-25T12:12:32.271-06:00I actually retract my blog post now that I underst...I actually retract my blog post now that I understand the difference between the absurd and the surreal. Kafka's writing is absurd not surreal. Surrealism is associated with dreams, and Kafka makes it very clear that this is not a dream. One Thousand Years of Solitude isn't surrealism either. It is magical realism.merehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743066403254993206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-88893246485879859102012-01-21T23:41:12.904-06:002012-01-21T23:41:12.904-06:00I agree that both stories are very surreal. The id...I agree that both stories are very surreal. The idea that a man just turns into a big is just as surreal as the idea of cycles and all the magical realism in Marquez's novel.Malloryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01949461544938544945noreply@blogger.com