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.


Prerequisites one course at the GERST 3000-3209 level or equivalent, or placement by examination.

Distribution Requirements (ALC-AS, FLOPI-AS)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025FA, 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.