Identities and Metamorphoses: Old and New Identities

• Main Authors: Olívia Engenheiro, Rosalina Costa
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de Évora 2017-08-01
• Series: RIASE
• Subjects: Identities; metamorphoses; job; family; socialization.
• Online Access: http://www.revistas.uevora.pt/index.php/saude_envelhecimento/article/view/187

Objective: Identify and analyze in sociological context, the main thematic axes of the literary work written by Kafka “The Metamorphosis”. Methods: The principles of an exploratory descriptive study were used. The steps of the collection included the bibliographical research directed according to the demand. An approach of the qualitative method of content analysis was carried out that fell on written narrative, language styles and intentions. After reading the entire work, the main characters were characterized and analyzed the main thematic axes: the family in a changing society; society and the crisis of identity; work as a producer and product of identities; identity crisis and domestic violence - emotional neglect. Results: The reflections included in the essay allow us to sustain the role of art and socialization as processes of constitution of individuals and societies, through social inter- actions, activities and practices, regulated by emotions, power relations and identity projects, in a dynamic between biological organisms and socio-cultural contexts. Conclusions: The work remains current because it analyzes characteristic themes of post-modern man, such as identity crisis, existential emptiness, superficiality of human relations, hopelessness of being, pessimism, lack of response, loneliness, impotence and escape.