KAFKA AND THE KAFKAESQUE

3 credits.

Examines a wide selection of texts by Franz Kafka to approach an understanding of his universe and prepare ourselves to view this universe in comparison with other contemporary authors as well as authors from other cultures and eras (A. Camus, W. G. Sebald, T. Pynchon, H. Mulisch, P. Roth, H. Murakami). Also highlights literature, film, and art works in the tradition of the Kafkaesque.