Nabokov on Kafka: "The Metamorphosis - A Study" (Medak, 1989)

Snug as a bug in a rug: Gregor Samsa woke one morning to find that overnight he had turned into an insect.

Curated by Christopher Belz

Total Runtime: 0:29:01

(1989)

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Based on "Good readers and good writers: Franz Kafka: The Metamorphosis," from Nabokov's _Lectures on Literature_, vol. 1, 1980.

Peter Medak's short television film, Nabokov on Kafka, is a dramatisation of Nabokov's lectures on Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis. The part of Nabokov is played by Christopher Plummer.

Nabokov on Kafka:

Vladimir Nabokov, widely considered one of the world's greatest writers for such works as _Lolita_, was also a remarkable professor at Cornell University. Here, Plummer portrays the witty Nabokov, providing an entertaining and insightful lecture upon "Metamorphosis," Kafka's bizarre story about a man who wakes up one morning to discover he has turned into a giant bug beetle. Written by Fiona Kelleghan <fkelleghan@aol.com>

Nabokov on Kafka: "The Metamorphosis - A Study" (Medak, 1989)

Nabokov on Kafka: "The Metamorphosis - A Study" (Medak, 1989)

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