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 109-013 Exploring the World of Jewish Literature

Note

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

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Dr Z Shavitsky

Prerequisites

Any two Arts subjects or permission of the subject coordinator.

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

A 2.5 hour seminar per week

Subject Description

This subject involves a review of Jewish literature from the Enlightenment to the present, featuring a variety of authors, genres and texts. One of the themes 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. Students will also explore issues of Jewish literary bilingualism, and the representation of women and of non-Jewish figures in Jewish literature. Students should complete the semester with an understanding of the development of modern Hebrew literature.

Assessment

Written work totalling 4000 words, and class participation.

Prescribed Texts

Materials prepared by the Department.

  • S Y Agnon, Twenty-One Stories. Schocken.
  • G Abramson, The Oxford Book of Hebrew 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 & Nicolson.
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