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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
german, russian & east european studies
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Dafna Mach
Coordinator Office Hours:
Humanities 4702
Thursday, 12.15 – 13.15
Humanities 4702
Thursday, 12.15 – 13.15
Humanities 4702
Thursday, 12.15 – 13.15
Humanities 4702
Thursday, 12.15 - 13.15
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Dafna Mach
Course/Module description:
become familiar with the collection of Kinder- und Hausmärchen of the Grimm brothers as works of literature
Course/Module aims:
read the texts in the original German,
look into how they emerged
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
read the texts on several levels of understanding,
assess them in different frameworks
(mainly literary and historical)
Attendance requirements(%):
as required by faculty
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
We are going to focus on a certain text each time, apply close reading, compare between versions, draw conclusions;
every participant will receive a task for preparing each following session;
course materials provided via Moodle,
most texts accessible through the web
Course/Module Content:
smash the 'myth' of oral transmission:
How did the Grimms process their raw materials? as for narrative and for wording (work on techniques as well as underlying criteria)
adapt a structural access (Vl. Propp) for the sake of description and comparison
differentiate between different types of tales according to motives, genres etc.
get aquainted with and apply different ways of reading the tales: historical/literal, psychological (Bettelheim vs. Jung)
Required Reading:
at least half of the total 200 KHM
preceeding and/or following versions for certain texts
Additional Reading Material:
selected articles from Encyclopädie des Märchens and other handbooks (central library, Y 4)
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 40 %
Participation in Tutorials 30 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 30 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
Additional information:
you need reading ability in German!
active participation (and preparation) is required
(preferably during term) participants are going to offer papers on a tale of their own choice which can be enlarged into a seminary paper later
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