人性的枷锁——解读《变形记》中的甲虫意象

卡夫卡的《变形记》被赞誉为20世纪最伟大的小说作品之一。小说以主人公格里高尔从人变成了甲虫,最后在寂寞和孤独中死去的荒诞经历,揭示了西方资本主义金钱制度统治下人性的丧失以及社会中个人生存的恐惧。我们在理解卡夫卡的创作主题时,不能忽略了文本中的一个重要细节:在卡夫卡展示异化主题的小说中,《变形记》是唯一由人直接变形为动物的,那么在众多可以表现"丑"的动物中,作者为什么会选择甲虫作为格里高尔变形呢?拟就此问题进行探究。

Interpretation of Beetle Images in the Metamorphosis

Kafka＇s metamorphosis was known as one of the greatest works of fiction in the 20th century. It is about the fantastical adventures of Gregor Samsa,who transformed into a gigantic insect and finally died in loneliness,which reveals the loss of human nature under the western capitalist system of money and the fear of personal survival in the society. When understanding kafka＇s theme of creation,an important detail can not be ignored- in kafka＇s novels which showed alienation theme,the metamorphosis is the only deformation directly by the people into an animal. Then comes a question- in so many of the＂ugly＂animals,why the author chose beetles as Gerry gore deformation？ This article will discuss this problem later.