|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
3.00 Credits
Not offered in the period from 08F through 10S Continued study of Modern Israeli Hebrew grammar and syntax. Emphasis is placed on acquisition of the spoken language and on listening and reading comprehension. The course includes selected readings from contemporary Hebrew authors. Dist: LIT; WCult: NW. The staff.
-
3.00 Credits
Not offered in the period from 08F through 10S A variation on materials used in Hebrew 31. Note: although the materials used in this course differ from the materials used in Hebrew 31, the general level of proficiency required to enroll in either Hebrew 31 or 32 is roughly equivalent. Students may take Hebrew 32 even if they have been unable to enroll in Hebrew 31. Prerequisite: Hebrew 31 or permission of instructor. Dist: LIT; WCult: NW. The staff.
-
3.00 Credits
Not offered in the period from 08F through 10S A continuation and progression of materials used in Hebrew 31 and 32. Note: the level of proficiency required to enroll in Hebrew 33 is higher than the proficiency required for Hebrew 32. Prerequisite: Hebrew 32 or equivalent. Dist: LIT; WCult: NW. The staff.
-
3.00 Credits
Not offered in the period from 08F through 10S An introduction to the language of the Hebrew Bible. The course teaches basic Biblical grammar, script, and vocabulary for recognition. Readings will be taken from a sampling of Biblical texts. This course serves as a requirement for students wishing to major in Hebrew language and literature. Glinert.
-
3.00 Credits
All terms except summer: Arrange Available to students who wish to do advanced or independent study in Hebrew. The student must get permission from the faculty member with whom he or she wishes to work. Dist: LIT; WCult: NW. Glinert.
-
3.00 Credits
09F: 2A Emerging in 18th and 19th century Europe, Modern Hebrew literature produced the Hasidic anecdote and fable seeking to revitalize the religious Jewish masses, then the excited and tortured novels and poetry of Jewish intellectuals seeking to Westernize themselves while remaining true to their roots, and now the radically different literature of contemporary Israel dealing with Zionism, modernity, the lonely individual, war and peace. Courses listed under Hebrew 61 are open to students of all classes. In 09F, Film, Fiction and the Arab-Israeli Conflict ( Identical to Jewish Studies 42). This course explores Israeli cinema in the context of the social and historical backdrop of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the painful emergence of a new Jewish-Israeli identity in the shadow of the Holocaust and constant warfare. We will study a dozen or so films in depth, situate them in the evolution of an Israeli cinema, and consider the problems of turning fiction into film. No Hebrew or Yiddish required. Dist: LIT; WCult: W. Glinert.
-
3.00 Credits
10S: 2A Classical Hebrew literature spans 3000 years from the Biblical period until the advent of Jewish 'modernity' in the 18th-19th centuries, and reflects the lives and values of Jews in their ancient homeland and across the Ashkenazi and Sephardi diasporas. Among the outstanding products of this literature, whose effects on Jewish and Western civilization have been incalculable, are the Bible, the Midrash and Talmud of late Antiquity. Medieval Hebrew genres include the theological and erotic poetry of Spain and Italy, the laments of the Crusades, the travelogue, ethical fables, philosophical essays, and Messianic folklore. Courses listed under Hebrew 62 are open to students of all classes.In 10S, Midrash: How the Rabbis Interpreted the Bible ( Identical to Comparative Literature 70 and Jewish Studies 24.3). Midrash is the ancient Jewish term for Biblical interpre-tation. We examine how the Bible was interpreted by the Rabbis 1500 to 2000 years ago, at the crucial juncture in history when the Bible was being canonized in the form it now has. We focus on powerful motifs such as the Creation, the Flood, Jacob and Esau, the Sacrifice of Isaac, and the Exodus, and view them through two prisms: through a wide range of ancient Midrashic texts themselves; and through one influential modern Jewish literary reading of the Midrashic themes of Genesis. Dist: LIT; WCult: NW. Glinert.
-
3.00 Credits
09S: 2A Committed to tradition but irresistibly changing, Hebrew literature across the centuries has created a delicate set of modulations on major themes, which may be deemed leitmotifs of Jewish culture and which continue to surface even in secular Israel: Among them are love and the mystical eros, holy land and holy people, the sacrifice of Isaac and martyrdom, exile and the messiah. Courses listed under Hebrew 63 are open to students of all classes. In 09S, Rabbis, Rogues and Schlemiels: Jewish Humor and its Roots ( Identical to Comparative Literature 41 and Jewish Studies 24.2). What is Jewish humor, what are its roots, and what can it begin to tell us about Jewish society, its values and its self-image Using Freudian and other humor theory, we examine 2000 years of Hebrew comedy and satire, from the Bible to contemporary Israel, in such genres as short stories, jokes, and strip cartoons, and its relationship to American Jewish humor. Taught in English translation. Open to all classes. Dist: LIT. WCult: W. Glinert.
-
3.00 Credits
Not offered in the period from 08F through 10S
-
3.00 Credits
09S, 09F: 10A An introduction to selected problems of national development in the period beginning with the American Revolution and ending with the Civil War and Reconstruction. Emphasis is placed on the critical assessment of historical writing and the interpretation of historical documents. There are no general course lectures; each student is assigned to a section which works under a single staff member. Dist: SOC; WCult: W. Major Dist: US & CAN; <1800. Bonner.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Privacy Statement
|
Terms of Use
|
Institutional Membership Information
|
About AcademyOne
Copyright 2006 - 2025 AcademyOne, Inc.
|
|
|