Not offered in 1996; expected to be offered in 1997. 16.7 2nd and 3rd years Any two Arts subjects or permission of the Head of the Department. Dr Z Shavitsky. Two-hour seminar a week, or equivalent. Students on completion of the subject should have an understanding of the role of metaphor in various genres of literature; be familiar with the modes and methodologies of literary analysis; have an understanding of the development of modern Hebrew literature. A review of Jewish literature from the Enlightenment to the present, featuring a variety of authors, genres and texts. The principal theme of the subject is the exploration of the role of metaphor, biblical and modern, within Jewish literature, with particular attention to the sacrifice of Isaac and other biblical metaphors. Attention is also given to Jewish literary bilingualism, and the representation of women and of non-Jewish figures in Jewish literature. 3,000 words of written work (50 per cent) and a 2-hour seen examination (50 per cent). Agnon S Y Twenty-One Stories Schocken Blocker J Israeli Stories Schocken Lelchuk and Shaked Great Hebrew Short Novels Meridian Litvinoff The Penguin Book of Jewish Short Stories Penguin Alter, R Modern Hebrew Literature Behrman House, New York, Yehoshua A B The Continuing Silence of a Poet Weidenfeld and Nicolson Not offered in 1996; expected to be offered in 1997. 16.7 Prerequisites: Any two Arts subjects or permission of the Head of the Department. Dr Z Shavitsky. Two-hour seminar a week, or equivalent. Students on completion of the subject should have an understanding of the role of metaphor in various genres of literature; be familiar with the modes and methodologies of literary analysis; have an understanding of the development of modern Hebrew literature. A review of Jewish literature from the Enlightenment to the present, featuring a variety of authors, genres and texts. The principal theme of the subject is the exploration of the role of metaphor, biblical and modern, within Jewish literature, with particular attention to the sacrifice of Isaac and other biblical metaphors. Attention is also given to Jewish literary bilingualism, and the representation of women and of non-Jewish figures in Jewish literature. 3,000 words of written work (50 per cent) and a 2-hour seen examination (50 per cent). Agnon S Y Twenty-One Stories Schocken Blocker J Israeli Stories Schocken Lelchuk and Shaked Great Hebrew Short Novels Meridian Litvinoff The Penguin Book of Jewish Short Stories Penguin Alter, R Modern Hebrew Literature Behrman House, New York, Yehoshua A B The Continuing Silence of a Poet Weidenfeld and Nicolson Not offered in 1996; expected to be offered in 1997. 16.7 2nd and 3rd years Any two Arts subjects or permission of the Head of the Department. Dr Z Shavitsky. Two-hour seminar a week, or equivalent. Students on completion of the subject should have an understanding of the role of metaphor in various genres of literature; be familiar with the modes and methodologies of literary analysis; have an understanding of the development of modern Hebrew literature. A review of Jewish literature from the Enlightenment to the present, featuring a variety of authors, genres and texts. The principal theme of the subject is the exploration of the role of metaphor, biblical and modern, within Jewish literature, with particular attention to the sacrifice of Isaac and other biblical metaphors. Attention is also given to Jewish literary bilingualism, and the representation of women and of non-Jewish figures in Jewish literature. 3,000 words of written work (50 per cent) and a 2-hour examination (50 per cent). Agnon S Y Twenty-One Stories Schocken Blocker J Israeli Stories Schocken Lelchuk and Shaked Great Hebrew Short Novels Meridian Litvinoff The Penguin Book of Jewish Short Stories Penguin Alter, R Modern Hebrew Literature Behrman House, New York, Yehoshua A B The Continuing Silence of a Poet Weidenfeld and Nicolson