The Trial #2

Topic:

Read the article at NYT online (via my wiki): "A New Work in in Word: Kafakesque" - What are your views on the article now that you have read over half of the novel?

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Due: Wednesday, November 16 before 10 PM

The Trial

Topic:

If you were to write an existential novel about life in 2011, what aspect of life would you make the focus of your novel? Explain.

Here is a textbook definition of existentialism; it is not always as bleak as in Kafka's writing:

a philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.

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Due: Thursday, November 10 before 10 PM