Topic: Theologies of the Grotesque:Kierkegaard and Kafka
| Time | Days | Location | Instructor | GER | Credit | OPUS Class Number | Syllabus (Tentative) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1:00pm-2:15pm | TuTh | Tarbutton Hall 321 | Jill Robbins. | HAP. | 4 | 12787 | TBA. |
Content: This seminar focuses on the topic of the broken engagement in Kierkegaard and Kafka and its intertwining with theological questions. We will attend especially to Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling and Repetition in relation to the history of biblical interpretation. We will read stories and journal entries by Kafka, The Trial and Parables and Paradoxes , and consider his rewriting of New Testament parable from the point of view of the unredeemed. Both authors will allow us to explore the way in which literary and religious texts pose questions within and to continental philosophy.
Particulars: Two ten-to-twelve page papers
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