Syllabus
https://cetacademicprograms.com/college-study-abroad/programs/czech-republic/cet-prague/
Required reading materials (the Reader) will be sent to the enrolled students via e-mail as a pdf file.
One copy of the reader will also be available in the CET Library.
Annotation
This course is organized by the partner institution CET Academic Programs (Central European Studies and Jewish Studies); comprehensive information is available at https://fhs.cuni.cz/FHSENG-350.html#8.
The course focuses on Franz Kafka’s short stories and two of his unfinished novels within the context of Prague
German literature. Kafka is examined within the framework of the modernist culture of the fin de siècle and early 20th century Vienna, and in relation to contemporary Czech authors and the expressionist and other Avant-garde movements. Using the methodologies of both literary and intellectual historians, the course provides background in the dominant and thought giving voices on the literature on Kafka - from his contemporaries up to the present day - approaching Kafka’s work as a path towards the understanding of our time, and as a possible "passage into modernity".