GERST 3350

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GERST 3350
Kafka in Context: Trials of Modernity

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

Focus on Kafka’s literary, theatrical, political, historical, religious, personal and intellectual environment and its impact on his literary productions. Topics of discussion include: the individual versus hierarchical systems (state, law, bureaucracy); the individual and the arts (music, theater, literature); writing between life and death; finding a home in language; the animal in the human; the body between pain and pleasure; writing between wars. Seminar will also explore Kafka’s enormous impact on modern film, drama and literature. Readings include his short stories and one novel.


Distribution Requirements (ALC-AS)

Last 3 terms offered 2021FA, 2019SP

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18273 GERST 3350   SEM 101

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    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

    • Schwarz, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: any course at the 3000-3209-level in German or permission of instructor. Taught in German.