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

Note

Available as 150-352 at 3rd-year level.

Availability

Not offered in 1998.

Credit Points

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator

Dr Z Shavitsky

Prerequisites

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

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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