Alienation in Kafka's the Metamorphosis (on Stage): FromSteven Berkoff's Vision to Lemn Sissay's Interpretation

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dc.authorid0000-0001-7802-7009
dc.contributor.authorGültekin, Hakan
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-02T13:25:35Z
dc.date.available2025-10-02T13:25:35Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentAÇÜ, Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Batı Dilleri ve Edebiyatları Bölümü
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the phenomenon of alienation in two different theatre adaptations of Kafka's The Metamor phosis. The adaptations examined in this study are Metamorphosis, written and directed by Steven Berkoff, whichpremiered at the London Round Theatre in 1969 and Kafka's The Metamorphosis, adapted by Lemn Sissay forthe Theatre Royal Plymouth in 2023. The phenomenon that Marx claimed that capitalism distances people fromthemselves, their labour and their environment, and theorized as alienation, remains a persistent thematic core inthe two theatre adaptations, as in the original text. These productions not only reaffirm the alienation experiencedby the protagonist Gregor Samsa, but also extend this condition to other members of the Samsa family, reflectingbroader dimensions of alienation shaped by the patriarchal form of the society. Considering that the Berkoff versionof Kafka's The Metamorphosis, which was first published in 1915, was created in 1969 and the Sissay version wascreated in 2023, it is obvious that capitalism has undergone a great change in the intervening 108 years by expandingits geographical and economic sphere of influence. The main subject of the study is to examine the economicand social realities of their periods in the Berkoff adaptation of the late 60s, when the footsteps of neoliberalismwere heard, and the Sissay adaptations, which are the product of the post-neoliberal period. Using the historical-comparative method, the study comparatively examines the alienation processes of the characters by placing theoriginal text and the 1969 and 2023 adaptations in their historical contexts.
dc.identifier.doi10.26650/LITERA2024-1607655
dc.identifier.endpage62
dc.identifier.issn1304-0057
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.startpage51
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11494/5969
dc.identifier.volume35
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001546489900001
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.institutionauthorGültekin, Hakan
dc.institutionauthorid0000-0001-7802-7009
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherISTANBUL UNIV
dc.relation.ispartofLITERA-JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE LITERATURE AND CULTURE STUDIES
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectThe metamorphosis
dc.subjectAlienation
dc.subjectFranz Kafka
dc.subjectAdaptation
dc.subjectContemporary drama
dc.titleAlienation in Kafka's the Metamorphosis (on Stage): FromSteven Berkoff's Vision to Lemn Sissay's Interpretation
dc.typeArticle

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