English: Metamorphosis Research Topics

Absurdism and Existentialism 

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• 808.8 MAG Magill's Critical Evaluations of Selected Plays and Novels
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• Nardo, Don. "Major Life Transitions." Teen Guide to Mental Health, ReferencePoint Press, 2020, pp. 41-51.
• Serido, Joyce. "Life Events." Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development, edited by Deborah Carr, vol. 2: Adulthood, Macmillan Reference USA, 2009, pp. 250-253. 
• Sheen, Jay. "Change for the Better: How to Cope with Major Life Transitions." Vibrant Life, vol. 36, no. 2, Mar.-Apr. 2020, pp. 16+.
• Ford-Martin, Paula Anne, and Teresa G. Odle. "Depressive Disorders." The Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence, edited by Jacqueline L. Longe, 2nd ed., vol. 2, Gale, 2011, pp. 705-709.
• "Parent-Child Relationship." The Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology, edited by Jacqueline L. Longe, 4th ed., vol. 2, Gale, 2022, pp. 905-910. Gale eBooks, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX8273700599/GVRL?u=pl2623&sid=bookmark-GVRL&xid=8d9aedd8. Accessed 2 Jan. 2024.

• Farahmandian, Hamid, and Pang Haonong. "Existential Failure in Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis." Forum for World Literature Studies, vol. 10, no. 2, June 2018, pp. 334+
• "Absurdism." Literary Movements for Students: Presenting Analysis, Context, and Criticism on Literary Movements, edited by Ira Mark Milne, 2nd ed., vol. 1, Gale, 2009, pp. 1-28.
• Mendoza, Ramón G. "The Human Vermin: Kafka’s Metaphor For Extreme Alienation." Critical Insights: The Metamorphosis, edited by James Whitlark, Salem Press, 2011.
• Fleming, Wesley H. “Moral Injury and the Absurd: The Suffering of Moral Paradox.” Journal of Religion & Health, vol. 60, no. 5, Oct. 2021, pp. 3012–33. EBSCOhost
• Rasheed, Nausheen, et al. “Philosophical Exploration of Absurdism and Existentialism: A Comparative Study of Kafka’s Work The Metamorphosis and The Trial.” Global Social Sciences Review, vol. 6, no. 2, Spring 2021, pp. 94–100. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-II).10.