Kafka: Literature, Law, and Power
GRST 251
Spring 2018
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| Crosslisting:
COL 251 |
Elias Canetti claimed that among all writers, Kafka was "the greatest expert on power." In this course we will focus on Kafka's narratives of power relations. We will read and discuss Kafka's sometimes painfully precise descriptions of how power is exerted in the family and in personal relationships and how scrutiny and discipline are exercised over the body. We will also consider Kafka's depictions of physical violence and of apparatuses and institutions of power and the ethical and political implications of these depictions. The working hypothesis of this course is that Kafka not only tells stories about power, but that his stories also contain an implicit theory of how power works in modern society. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA GRST |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (COL)(CSCT)(GRST-MN)(GRST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 | | Special Attributes: FYS |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Franz Kafka, KAFKA'S SELECTED STORIES, ed. Stanley Corngold (W. W. Norton) ISBN 0393924793
Franz Kafka, THE TRIAL, trans. Breon Mitchell (Schocken) ISBN 0805209999
Franz Kafka, AMERIKA: THE MAN WHO DISAPPEARED, trans. Mark Harman (Schocken), ISBN 978-0-8052-1161-0
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Examinations and Assignments:
Bi-weekly short essays and essay revisions; active course participation is essential. |
| Instructor(s): Plass,Ulrich Times: ..T.R.. 02:50PM-04:10PM; Location: BOGH110; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: X | JR major: X | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: X | JR non-major: X | SO: X | FR: 15 |
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