Vom „Ungeziefer“ zum „Superhelden“ Kontinuität und Wandel literarischer Darstellungen von Behinderung – am Beispiel von Franz Kafkas Die Verwandlung und ihrer literarischen Rezeption in der Disability Culture der Gegenwart bei Christoph Keller

This article presents an extensive reading of Franz Kafka's Die Verwandlung (The Metamorphosis) from the perspective of Literary Disability Studies. Furthermore, it sheds light on how the contemporary disability culture engages with Kafka's narrative. In doing so, it will compare and contrast Die Verwandlung with the literary work of contemporary Swiss author Christoph Keller. This juxtaposition reveals elements of both continuity and change in the artistic representation of disability in modern literature from the 20th to the 21st century.