printer friendly pageAMELANG 171: The Bible in Modern Hebrew Literature
The role of biblical myths in shaping Israeli identity and the development of a secular Hebrew literature. Readings include modern Hebrew poems and novels which offer new meanings to the stories of Genesis, Exodus, David, and the Song of Songs and make them relevant to the context of modern and postmodern Israeli culture. Readings in Hebrew and English. Prerequisite: intermediate Hebrew.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
AMELANG 175: Co-Existence in Hebrew Literature (COMPLIT 161, JEWISHST 146)
Is co-existence possible? Does pluralism require co-existence? Can texts serve as forms of co-existence? The class will focus on these and other questions related to coexistence and literature. Through reading works mostly by Jewish authors writing in Europe, Israel and the US we will explore attempts for complete equality, for a variety of hierarchical systems and for different kinds of co-dependence. Guest speaker: professor Anat Weisman, Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
AMELANG 176: Introduction to Ladino: Language, Literature, and Culture
Prerequisite: two quarters of Spanish.
AMELANG 177: Middle Eastern Cities in Literature and Film
Sources include short stories, novels, and movies about Beirut, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Cairo, and Amman. Focus is on a cultural and intellectual history of each city. Issues such as the role that Middle Eastern cities play in the development of the modern Hebrew and Arabic novels, the city as a center of social and political life, and the city as a space of collective memory.
| UG Reqs: GER:EC-GlobalCom
AMELANG 182A: Intermediate Fulani, First Quarter
Fulfill the University foreign language requirement.
| UG Reqs: Language
AMELANG 182B: Intermediate Fulani, Second Quarter
Continuation of 182A.
AMELANG 182C: Intermediate Fulani, Third Quarter
Continuation of 182B.
AMELANG 203A: Beginning Hausa, First Quarter
For grads only.
AMELANG 203B: Beginning Hausa, Second Quarter
For grads only
AMELANG 206B: Intensive Beginning Swahili, Part B
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