Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 94)
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150-251/351 "Modern Jewish Literature A: Exile and Homecoming" appears differently in several places - choose the one you want:
1. Hebrew, Faculty of Arts (v3, p94) : Next:150-252 | Prev:150-350
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Dr Z Shavitsky.
Prerequisite: Any two Arts subjects or permission of the Head of the Department. This subject does not presuppose knowledge of Hebrew.
Contact: Two-hour seminar a week or equivalent.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students on completion of the subject should have an understanding of the role of Exile and Homecoming 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.
Content:
A review of Jewish literature in English translation from the Enlightenment to the present, featuring a variety of authors, genres and texts. The principal theme of the subject is the exploration of literary perspectives on major social and political issues of Jewish civilisation, such as diaspora and return, exile and homeland, uprooting and alienation, and literary responses to the holocaust.
Assessment:
3,000 words of written work (50 per cent) and a 2-hour seen examination (50 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
1. Hebrew, Faculty of Arts (v3, p94) : Next:150-252 | Prev:150-350
2. Hebrew, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p122) : Next:150-252 | Prev:150-350
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Dr Z Shavitsky.
Prerequisite: Any two Arts subjects or permission of the Head of the Department. This subject does not presuppose knowledge of Hebrew.
Contact: Two-hour seminar a week or equivalent.
Timetable: First semester.
Objectives:
Students on completion of the subject should have an understanding of the role of Exile and Homecoming 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.
Content:
A review of Jewish literature in English translation from the Enlightenment to the present, featuring a variety of authors, genres and texts. The principal theme of the subject is the exploration of literary perspectives on major social and political issues of Jewish civilisation, such as diaspora and return, exile and homeland, uprooting and alienation, and literary responses to the holocaust.
Assessment:
3,000 words of written work (50 per cent) and a 2-hour seen examination (50 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
* Note that POINTS, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
2. Hebrew, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p122) : Next:150-252 | Prev:150-350
3. Jewish Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p123) : Next:150-252 | Prev:104-226
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Dr Z Shavitsky.
Prerequisite: Any two Arts subjects or permission of the Head of the Department. This subject does not presuppose knowledge of Hebrew.
Contact: Two-hour seminar a week or equivalent.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students on completion of the subject should have an understanding of the role of Exile and Homecoming 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.
Content:
A review of Jewish literature in English translation from the Enlightenment to the present, featuring a variety of authors, genres and texts. The principal theme of the subject is the exploration of literary perspectives on major social and political issues of Jewish civilisation, such as diaspora and return, exile and homeland, uprooting and alienation, and literary responses to the holocaust.
Assessment:
3,000 words of written work (50 per cent) and a 2-hour examination (50 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
* Note that ASSESSMENT, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
3. Jewish Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p123) : Next:150-252 | Prev:104-226
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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