HEBR 359 - Seminar Modern Hebrew Literature

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University of Pennsylvania

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Description:

Arts & Letters Sector. All Classes. Gold. Prerequisite(s): HEBR 059 or HEBR 259 or permission of the instructor. The course focuses on the central pillars of the Modern Hebrew literary canon, and their impact on Israeli literature. The Poet Hayim Nachman Bialik (1873-1934) and the author Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1887-1970) provided future writers with the tools to express modern and post-modern sensibilities. Drawing from the ancient wells of Bible, Talmud, and Midrash, they forged a new diction for passion and love and for representing the inner world, psychological insight and political assertions. Agnon's Kafka-like short stories inspired the works of writers as different as A.B. Yehoshua and Orly Kastel-Bloom. Bialik's personal/political poems echo in Dahlia Ravikovitche's verse. We will compare the classic with the contemporary, and discuss the lasting power of these giants in the context of modern Israel. The class will be conducted in Hebrew and the texts read in the original. Grading based on five two-page response papers in Hebrew, a final exam, preparation for class and participation. The content of this course changes from year to year; therefore students may take it for credit more than once. Seminar. Fulfills Literatures of the World, Arts & Letters Sector (all classes) and Cross Cultural Analysis--Class of '10 and after. (COLL 220, HEBR 359, COML 359, JWST 556, HEBR 659

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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