Identity and Alterity in Israeli Literature
WRCT 265
Spring 2014 not offered
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Crosslisting:
HEST 220 |
Certificates: Jewish and Israel Studies, Writing |
Contemporary Israeli literature attests to a significant turn in Israeli identity. We will read and discuss contemporary texts that reflect different conceptions of various aspects of "traditional" Israeli identity. We will start with the modernist Israeli canon and proceed to contemporary writing. Our questions will focus on the gap between the public national ethos and private, nonnational identities. At the center of our attention will be some of the alternative spaces and discourses that have recently moved to the center of Israeli literature: the individual vs. society, Zionism vs. anti-establishment, Sabre (Israeli-born) vs. immigrants, the powerful vs. the vulnerable, center vs. periphery, monolithicity vs. pluralism, the major vs. the minor, etc. We will ask to what extent representations of the "other" in the Israeli texts parallel those present in American culture and society. Writing assignments include a series of review essays. |
Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA RELI |
Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
Major Readings:
Partial Reading List: Bialik, Hayim Nahmam, THE CITY OF SLAUGHTER Bialik, Hayim Nahmam, ON THE SLAUGHTER Oz, Amos, THE WAY OF THE WIND Abraham, B Yehoshua, THE MISSION OF THE HUMAN RESOURCE MAN Abraham, B Yehoshua, FRIENDLY FIRE Castel-Bloom, Orly, DOLLY CITY Castel-Bloom, SOMEONE ELSE'S STORY Keret, Etgar, COCKED AND LOCKED Keret, Etgar, SIMYON Matalon, Ronit, THE SOUND OF OUR STEPS Goldberg, Lea, THERE COMES THE NIGHT Goldberg, Lea, LEGENDS FROM AN IMAGINARY JOURNEY Adaf, Shimon, SUNBURNT FACE
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Examinations and Assignments: Midterm and final papers, four short review responses, and optional class presentation. Opportunities to write pieces for general readers as well as pieces for an academic audience. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments: This course counts as an elective in the writing certificate. This course will count toward the certificate in Jewish and Israel Studies. |
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