I took this class because I already love Kafka and wouldn't recommend if you don't. Attend lectures, take notes, study for exams, and do the readings! Kittler is very passionate and silly. Tested on pretty specific things in an in class midterm and in class final.

Incredibly nice guy. Insanely knowledgeable and passionate about Kafka. Super interesting to talk to during office hours. Lectures can be boring if you aren't into the material. Class is easy, just do the readings, most of them are just short stories. I would recommend this course and also urge you to talk to him outside of lecture, he's awesome.

Does not offer any very unique/interesting takes on Kafka and lectures are very boring. Readings are basic. Not worth it.

This class was easy as long as you read the material. I attended one lecture because his slides were useless, but I still passed the class. If you have a good TA it will make the class a lot easier.

It's difficult to understand anything he says because he mumbles everything and gets irritable with questions, but the class itself isn't too hard if you read the material. You might do better if you're interesting in the material. He also spends too much time on things irrelevant to the course

Professor Kittler is very passionate about what he teaches but goes in long tangents that have nothing to do with course material. At some points this class felt more like an art history course if anything. Only 4 assignments (Midterm, Final Paper, Final, Section Participation) all online and okay. Didn't go to all lectures because most were bad.

Prof mumbles everything. Worst class I've ever taken, material is dated and difficult to study. Kitler would get irritable when we would ask questions about midterm/his grading. Don't take this class.

Stopped attending lecture because I couldn't understand him and we weren't talking about course material. If you do the readings you'll be fine. Midterm and final are online, and the one paper is 1800 words. If you're interested in the covered material, you might like it more than I did. The class is easy but boring.

bad professor, booo. Never take this class. Boring.

If you want to do well in his class just do the readings. He specifically expects you to use quotes from course material to back up answers on exams. However, I found it extremely difficult to pay attention in his lecture only because he is difficult to understand and often sounds like he is mumbling. He is an ok professor.

It's not difficult to pass the course as long as you do the reading and attend section. His lectures are a bit of a snooze though. They're pretty meandering. He even seemed oddly confused when asked about some of the content and exam requirements. The course was still interesting. Just have a good TA and note his main points during class.

The lectures were extremely difficult to sit through and I learned more from independent reading and my section discussions. Go to section it will help you a lot. I barley went to lecture and still got an A, but I believe that grading depends heavily on the TA you have.