Roach Rhino Redux: Revisiting Parallels in Kafka and Ionesco

by Ethan Hirsh

Overview

Fifty years after doing a college thesis comparing Kafka's short story "The Metamorphosis" and Ionesco's play "Rhinoceros," Ethan Hirsh takes a lively look at how the two works have withstood the test of time, with surprising results from around the world-- new adaptations, new media, and other reasons for their ongoing and growing popularity, including the disturbing developments in politics. The author's original thesis from 1967 is included in its entirety and endures as a valid and entertaining work of literary criticism, analyzing how the two writers used the device of physical transformation to achieve their parallel goals. Hirsh supplements his recent research with a "Coda for Conservation" that examines the dire plight of endangered rhinos in the wild.
All sale proceeds (after bookseller commissions) are pledged to support rhino conservation.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940156057214
Publisher:	Ethan Hirsh
Publication date:	04/17/2019
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	635 KB

About the Author

After composing his first story at age 5, Ethan Hirsh was asked how he managed to write so well. “Simple,” he said. “I just follow my pencil.” He’s considered himself a writer ever since and enjoyed making writing and editing the key ingredients of a 34-year career in corporate communications. He is also an accomplished photographer and has birthed several hundred poems. Hirsh earned a B.A. in English from the University of Houston and an M.A. in business from Webster University.

Table of Contents

For the Uninitiated

Questions, Questions

Exhibits

Metamorphosis

Rhinoceros

Summary--What I Learned

Coda for Conservation

Webliography

The 1967 Original--"Parallels in Franz Kafka and Eugene Ionesco: A Study of The Metamorphosis and Rhinoceros"

Table of Contents

Introduction

A General Comparison of Metamorphosis and Rhinoceros

A Closer Examination of Metamorphosis in Kafka and Ionesco

Conclusion

Bibliography

Applause--The Faculty