Fall 2007

HEB 385 • POST-ZIONIST PERSPECTIVES IN ISRLAELI LITERATURE

Course Description

This seminar explores Israeli literature and cinema through the context of the controversial historical, cultural, and artistic development that has come to be known as "post-Zionism." Within the framework of the theoretical texts that inform post-Zionism, we will first consider its various interpretations in literature and film, as well as the social and cultural context which gave birth to it.

Grading Policy

Participation, 40 % Seminar paper (20 pages), 60%

Texts

Yoel Hoffmann, Katschen & the Book of Joseph Eli Amir, Scapegoat D. Grossman, The Yellow Wind, The Smile of the Lamb Orly Castel-Bloom, Dolly City, Human Parts Anton Shammas, Arabesques Ronit Matalon, The One Facing Us Sami Michael, Trumpet in the Wadi

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