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'Kafka's Ape' and 'Words and Music'

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Interview with the creatives behind two shows inspired by Kafka's story 'A Report for an Academy' which explore race, migration, ageing and "humanimal" agency.

These award-winning shows translate Kafka's dark parable of un-belonging for the modern day: 'Kafka's Ape' by Tony Miyambo, and 'Words and Music' by Ed Gaughan and Wes Williams. Kafka's story has found its way into blistering explorations of race and migration, and grown-up reflections on ageing and "humanimal" agency, at the same time morphing Kafka's prose into drama and hilarious stand-up comedy. Kafka as you've never seen or heard him before. This podcast explores the origins and evolution of the shows with the creatives who made them.

Produced by the Faculty of Medieval & Modern Languages.

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“A Report for an Academy”

Department: Faculty of Medieval & Modern Languages

Date Added: 07/06/2024

Duration: 00:37:35

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Oxford Kafka24

A series of lectures and talks from across the University celebrating the literary works and enduring global legacy of Franz Kafka. 100 years after the death of Franz Kafka (1883-1924), the University of Oxford celebrated the life and work of one of the most influential writers of all time.

Since the posthumous publication of his work and ‘rediscovery’ in the middle of the twentieth century, Kafka became a truly global writer who embraced his own multicultural identity. His novels and short stories were translated into multiple languages. His body of work offered profound insights into the human condition, alienation, relationships, and transformation. Oxford is the natural home for a centenary celebration of Franz Kafka: the Bodleian Libraries has the world’s laest Kafka archive; and the University is a leading centre for Kafka studies led by the Oxford Kafka Research Centre.

For more approaches to Kafka and 'The Metamorphosis', the ‘Conversations on Kafka’ interviews (https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/conversations-kafka) explore race, comedy, dance, ecology, and much more with world experts on the author from different contexts and traditions.