Instructor: Levana Polate
215 McCook
Office: 297- 5107
Office hours: Thursday 4:00-5:00 & by Appointment
Home: 586-8159
Spring 2006
REQUIRED TEXTS:
1) THE JEWISH STUDY BIBLE. Berlin and Brettler OXFORD University Press 1999, JSB (in the bookstore)
2) DOES DAVID STILL PLAY BEFORE YOU? David C. Jacobson, Wayne State University Press, 199. DDSP (In the bookstore)
3) Handout materiel and short stories on reserve and blackboard. (BB).
January 24, 26, 31
Introduction
Poetry (handout)
DDSP, pp.13-38
DDSP, pp. 39-81
February 2,7,9,
ISRAELI STORIES, edited by Joel Blocker, Shocken Books, New York, 1962. S. Y. Agnon, "Tehillah” (on reserve) on BB.
Introduction and “The Book of Job”, pp.1499-1562 JSB
THE SILENCE OF HEAVEN, Amos Oz, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 2000 (on reserve)
Introduction, Chapters 1, 2 (on reserve)
February 23 Outline for first paper (CLI project) due
February 14, 16, 21, 23
MODERN HEBREW LITERATURE, edited by Robert Alter, Shocken Books, New York, 1975.
S. Y. Agnon, "Agunot " (on reserve) on BB.
Genesis, Chapter 34 JSB
TWENTY-ONE STORIES, edited by Nahum N. Glatzer, Schocken Books, New York, 1970.
S. Y. Agnon, "The Doctor's Divorce" (on reserve) BB
March 2,7,9,
First Paper (homepage) Oral Interview for CLI Project, due March 2
WHERE THE JACKALS HOWL and Other Stories, Amos Oz, A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York and London, 1965.
Amos Oz: "Nomad and Viper" (on reserve) BB
DDSP, pp. 82-138
March 14,16
DDSP, pp. 139-166
March 28,30
FACING THE HOLOCAUST, SELECTED ISRAELI FICTION, Edited by Gila Ramras-Rauch and Joseph Michman-Melkman, The Jewish Publication Society, New York, 1985.
Aharon Appelfeld: "Bertha", (on reserve) on BB
ISRAELI HOLOCAUST DRAMA, edited by Michael Taub, Syracuse University Press, New York, 1996. Leah Goldberg, "Lady of the Castle" (on reserve) on BB
ISRAELI STORIES, edited by Joel Blocker, Shocken Books, New York, 1962.
Aharon Megged: "The Name", pp. 87-106 on BB
Savyon Librecht: “Hayuta’s Engagement Party” (on reserve) on BB
April 4,6,
MODERN HEBREW LITERATURE, edited by Robert Alter, Shocken Books, New York, 1975.
Haim Hazaz "The Sermon"
WHERE THE JACKALS HOWL and Other Stories, Amos Oz, A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York and London, 1965.
Amos Oz "The Way of the Wind" (on reserve) on BB
April 11, 13, 18,
Outline for Second Paper due April 13,
DDSP, pp 167-204
MODERN HEBREW LITERATURE, edited by Robert Alter, Shocken Books, New York, 1975.
S. Yizhar, "The Prisoner” (on reserve) BB
April 20, 25,27
Second Paper Due April 20
DDSP, pp. 205-246
Poetry (handout)
May 2
APPLES FROM THE DESERT, Selected Stories
By Savyon Liebrecht; The Feminist Press At the City University of New York, New York, “Apples From The Desert” (on reserve)
NOTE: All students are expected to attend all classes and will be held responsible for the information they contain. Students are required to come prepared for each class session. Preparation may include reading, writing or oral homework assignments from the text or handouts.
Grading Policy:
1. Class Participation and quizzes 20%
2. Two Presentations 20 %
3. Outline of first paper 10 %
4. Out line of second paper 10%
5.Home Page (first paper) 20%
6. Second paper 20%
Paper Assignments
You are required to write two papers for this course. The first paper is to be based on an oral interview of one or more people selected from the Jewish community by a representative of the Jewish Historical Society. This paper will be one of several student contributions to a class Home Page which will be made available to the general Trinity College community as oral history. These student papers will also be presented to the Jewish Historical Society for their use and will fulfill the Community Learning Initiative component of the course.
The second paper must deal with literature and should be 7-10 pages in length. You may choose your own topic, but you must submit an outline to the instructor for approval (see due date above). In your paper you are expected to provide documentation for ideas, information and quotations from your sources with citations. Include a bibliography.
Suggestions:
Find Sources that take a stand on a debatable issue.
Make sure that your sources have named authors, avoid unsigned articles or anonymous web sites.
In the opening paragraph, define the topic (this often includes mention of an author, as well a description of the author’s thesis and overall argumentative strategy), Then state your own thesis.
Your thesis should sum up your evaluation of the arguments presented by others.
Support your points with specific examples.
You need to include quotations to illustrate your points, but you should put most of the analysis in your own words.