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 109-013 Modern Jewish Literature B: Biblical and Modern Metaphor

Note

Formerly available as 150-252/352. Students who have completed 150-252/352 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

2nd and 3rd year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Dr Z Shavitsky

Prerequisites

Any two Arts subjects or permission of the subject coordinator.

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

Weekly seminars equivalent to 3.5 hours

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

Written work totalling 2000 words, and a 2-hour seen examination.

Prescribed Texts

Additional texts will be issued during the course.

  • S Y Agnon, Twenty-One Stories. Schocken.
  • G Abramson, The Oxford Book of Short Stories. Oxford University Press 1996.
  • R Alter, Modern Hebrew Literature. Behrman House.
  • Litvinoff, The Penguin Book of Jewish Short Stories. Penguin.
  • A B Yehoshua, The Continuing Silence of a Poet. Weidenfield and Nicolson.
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