Orwell vs Kafka

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Ian Hislop and Helen Lewis celebrate the ideas and impact of Franz Kafka and George Orwell

Ian Hislop and Helen Lewis explore the extent to which the works of George Orwell and Franz Kafka continue to express the reality and frustration of life in the 21st century.

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Orwell vs Kafka: Ep 4: Uneasy Dreams

Ep 4: Uneasy Dreams

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Kafka and Orwell on alienation, isolation and anxiety.

“As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.”  - Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka, 1915. 

In this episode Helen Lewis and Ian Hislop talk anxiety and alienation. From Gregor Samsa being transformed into a giant insect, to shouting at a telescreen in 1984's Two Minutes Hate - Ian and Helen discover why these anxiety ridden images still connect with readers today.

Guests:
Dr Karolina Watroba of All Souls College, Oxford
Dr Nathan Waddell of the University of Birmingham
Wolfgang  Hantel-Quitmann, Professor of Clinical and Family Psychology. 

Producer: Sarah Shebbeare

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