RELI497 - Religious and Philosophical Readings in Kafka

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Academic Year 2005/2006

Religious and Philosophical Readings in Kafka
RELI 497 SP

Crosslistings:
GERM 274
GELT 274

Clusters:

Jewish and Israel Studies

This course attempts to analyze Kafka as a religious thinker and philosophical writer. Consideration will be given to readings of Kafka as a proto-existentialist (Camus, Sarte), as a Holocaust prophet (Lawrence Langer), as a disciple of Jewish mysticism and Hasidic thought (Buber, Scholem), as a spiritual and practical Zionist, and also as a proponent of a negative theology (Walter Benjamin). Required readings include a broad selection of Kafka's shorts stories, novels, his parables and aphorisms and portions of his diary.

MAJOR READINGS

Kafka, F., THE TRIAL
Kafka, F., THE METAMORPHOSIS
Kafka, F., LETTER TO HIS FATHER

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Four short papers, take home final exam.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

For questions regarding RELI497 contact Jeremy Zwelling at jzwelling@wesleyan.edu

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE Grading Mode: Graded

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Gelber,Mark H.

Times: ....R.. 07:00PM-09:50PM; Location: RSCSEM;

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 15)

SR. major: 2 Jr. major: 2

SR. non-major: 3 Jr. non-major: 3 SO: 3 FR: 2

Special Attributes:

Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-30-2006