JWC2010

Modern Hebrew language and literature II, part A

Rachel Birati

8 points
* 4 hours per week
* First semester
* Clayton
* The prerequisite for admission into this course is the satisfactory completion of JWC1010 and JWC1020 or equivalent

Objectives JWC2010 will have a wider scope and be more intensive than JWC1010/JWC1020 so that students will gain a deeper and more rounded appreciation of the subject both in its literary and non-literary form.

Synopsis In this subject students will be exposed to a wide and challenging variety of literary and non-literary texts, audio-visual material which deals with universal and current issues, extensive sources of literary criticism and stimulating oral and written exercises all of which are designed to lead to a greater proficiency in the varied aspects of the subject and a better understanding of the Jewish cultural background and heritage than hitherto realised.

Assessment Written assignments (4000 words): 43%
*Oral examination: 7%
* Written examination (2000 words): 50%

Recommended texts

The Gesher Lemishtalmim series of booklets published by the WZO in Jerusalem (The appropriate booklet may be suggested by the teacher.)
Finer Mintz R (ed.) Modern Hebrew poetry, a bilingual anthology tr. R Finer Mintz, Greenwood Press, 1966
Band O Reader: Modern Hebrew prose and poetry Behrman House, 1990 (Students will be studying the second half of the reader, the first half of which will have been covered in JWC1010/JWC1020.)
Chomsky M (ed.) Sha'ar Lesifrut, Pirkei Kriah Lelomdei Ivrit Am Oved, 1987