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Syllabus The name of the Rose - 39058
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Last update 22-08-2022
HU Credits: 4

Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor)

Responsible Department: History

Semester: 1st Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Ayelet Even-Ezra

Coordinator Email: ayeletee@gmail.com

Coordinator Office Hours:

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Ayelet Even-Ezra

Course/Module description:
Umberto Eco's novel "The name of the Rose" will be the organizing principle of this seminar.

Course/Module aims:

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
The students will be able to orientate themselves in medieval and modern libraries, to classify texts and recognize and invent links between them.

Attendance requirements(%):
100

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Discussions in class; assignments; a tour

Course/Module Content:
History, semiotics and detective work

Benedictine monasteries; Franciscan debate on voluntary poverty, inquisition and heresy in the 14th century.

Authors, manuscripts libraries and knowledge organization

Apocalypsis, exegesis and hermeneutics

Required Reading:
TBA

Additional Reading Material:

Grading Scheme :

Additional information:
 
Students needing academic accommodations based on a disability should contact the Center for Diagnosis and Support of Students with Learning Disabilities, or the Office for Students with Disabilities, as early as possible, to discuss and coordinate accommodations, based on relevant documentation.
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