It has been a year, and I finally realized I never reviewed this class. In a way, I think I can better contextualize my thoughts now that I have taken many more classes at UCLA. As far as a literature seminar, it's very self-explanatory. We sat in a circle and discussed for 50 minutes once a week. The Kafka stories were interesting, and we even got to write our own as the final assignment. If I'm being honest, I did not love this class very much. It is highly dependent on the enthusiasm of the students because of the seminar nature, but Professor Komar was not very good at facilitating discussion. She just lacked the ability to guide students toward their own answers by asking thought provoking questions. I brought up a point with another student and she kind of shut us down. I'm not sure if she was uncomfortable with the subject matter or just didn't have anything to add, but it rubbed me the wrong way. If you really like Kafka, I don't see why you necessarily shouldn't take this class, but I was a little disappointed with the approach to the readings and discussion.

Take this class if you like Kafka and like talking about existential stuff and all the crazy things Kafka thought up. Komar is a great professor and knows a lot about Kafka, and chose good stories to read. The class is pretty simple and isn't a ton of reading a week, and the kafkaesque story at the end is fun. I recommend as a fun Fiat Lux.

For full review of the class and more description, see my doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15vILblHwWrnV7KnB-sOFzTRnQE2QPA7nmHxj4gdNKBU/edit?usp=sharing