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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Hebrew

150-252/352 Modern Jewish Literature B: Biblical and Modern Metaphor

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator:

Dr Z Shavitsky

Prerequisite/s:

Any two Arts subjects or permission of the Head of the Department.

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

Two-hour seminar a week, or equivalent

Subject Description:

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.

Assessment:

3000 words of written work (50%) and a 2-hour seen examination (50%).

Prescribed Texts:

Additional texts to be recommended during the course.

  • Agnon S Y, Twenty-One Stories, Schocken.
  • Blocker J, Israeli Stories, Schocken.
  • Lelchuk and Shaked, Eight 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.
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