GER 1410 - KAFKA AND THE MODERN WORLD

Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
Kafka's major works are examined both formally and thematically with reference to the modernist tradition. Recurring issues include authority, alienation, mass society, guilt and punishment, truth, and writing. Regular assignments from the secondary literature introduce students to central questions of literary criticism and theory. Essays by Kierkegaard, Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud further elaborate the cultural context in which Kafka's texts were produced. All readings are in German.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
Course Requirements: PREQ: At least one 3-credit GER course numbered 1100-1499 or by special permission.
Course Attributes: DSAS Literature General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req.

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