When Gregor Samsa and his relatives realize that the protagonist of The Metamorphosis has become a cockroach, their world is shaken not because he is no longer a man, but rather because he cannot go to work anymore. Therefore, Gregor’s metamorphosis is only relevant for fiction from the moment new ways of perceiving things irrupt and highlight the shackles of a society imprisoned in its material concerns.

NARRATOLOGICAL TRANSFER

French Narratology in Russia / Russian Narratology in France

Proceedings of the international seminar held at the 

Moscow Center for French and Russian Studies July 12, 2017

Edited by Larissa Mouravieva and John Pier

Available on the website “Narratologies” at:

11-12 April 2019

Olsztyn (Poland)

Keynotes:

Maria Mäkelä (Tampere University)Magdalena Rembowska-Płuciennik (Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences)Jan-Noël Thon (University of Nottingham)

Marie-Laure Ryan's latest article on Orhan Pamuk's Museum(s) of Innocence appears in the journal www.nalans.com.