Please read/watch the following:
- Read "A Country Doctor" by Franz Kafka. You can find that story here: A-country-doctor-by-Franz-Kafka.pdf Download A-country-doctor-by-Franz-Kafka.pdf. It’s a dream, so enjoy the ride.
2. (optional) Watch Kōji Yamamura’s 2007 anime adaptation of "A Country Doctor," found here: Franz Kafka’s "A Country Doctor" (2007) dir. Koji Yamamura (Links to an external site.)
3. Read the following excerpts in your textbook:
a. on "Psychological Criticism" (p. 2021-2022)
b. "The Nature of Dreams" by Sigmund Freud (p. 2022)
c. "The Collective Unconscious and Archetypes" by Carl Jung (p. 2025-2026)
Are the dreams/nightmares a coping mechanism for the story’s protagonists? Explain how these subconscious manifestations (dreams/nightmares) are a response to stress (physical or emotional). You can use the sources from #3 to interpret the story.
As usual, your response should:
1. be formatted according to MLA guidelines,
2. incorporate the primary text and at least one academic secondary source into your response,
3. have an argumentative thesis,
4. have some form of organization,
5. be grammatically sound,
6. have an original title,
7. be around 300-500 words.
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