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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Melton Blended Masters in Jewish Education
Semester:
Teaching Languages:
English
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. korazim Rachel
Coordinator Office Hours:
A designated time (days and hours should be noted) in which the coordinator is available in his/her office to speak individually with students.
Contact via email or Skype – skype name rachelkorazim
Teaching Staff:
Dr. korazim Rachel
Course/Module description:
Paths and Poetics offers an insight into Israel through a combination of site visits and literature. Ancient cultural sources as well as different social groups and contemporary issues will be highlighted through original Israeli works of literature and hands on visit to the sites were these events unfold.
Course/Module aims:
The course provides an introduction to modern Israeli poetics and the sites connected to them. It will lead students to listen to multiple narrative and develop tools for critical reading of the reality and its multiple expressions.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Examine a variety of contemporary Israeli literary works
2. Recognize ancient sources for modern poems and other literary works
3. Connect between literary works and the sites that inspired their creation
4. Compare style, points of view and differences between poets as per pertinent issues
5. Analyze the content, ideas and literary tools of the poetic works.
6. Describe the sites visited and connect them to the literary works
7. Examine the impact of major historical events on Israeli society as expressed in art and visited sites.
8. Examine different ethnic groups and their toles as articulated in the literature.
Attendance requirements(%):
Attendance requirements stand at 80%. The attendance will be evaluated using the active participation of students in the "attendance activities" of each class: forum and assignments.
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Classroom sessions including text analysis, text discussion and presentation of context
Site visits
Course/Module Content:
Reading Jerusalem: Visions of Jerusalem in Israeli Literature
Dr. Rafi Tsirkin-Sadan and Haim Aronovitz (course number 63011)
General
In this course we will read and discuss Jerusalem as it is portrayed in major Modern Hebrew novels. Jerusalem serves as a dynamic setting whose changes correspond to different stages of Israeli history. Despite its almost mythological status in Zionist ideology, we will discover different and critical perspectives on this city, which is, surprisingly, portrayed as the anti-thesis for the Zionist idea. The readings will include writings by Y.H. Brenner, S.Y. Agnon, Shulamit Hareven, Amos Oz, and A.B. Yehoshua.
The field excursions are designed to further enrich your understanding of the city, as well as consider its relationship with both the desert to its east and the coastal city of Tel Aviv to its west.
Requirements
Students are expected to acquire proficiency in the recommended reading materials for each specific session and actively participate in discussions. At the end of the course students will submit a short paper (8-10 pages long).
Tuesday, July 3: 12.40 – 16.00
12:40 Introductions (Education building, room 303 – henceforth E303)
13:00 The Hebrew University - A Conceptual Exploration. Text Study (Haim)
14:00 – 16:00 Acquaintances (Rafi)
Introduction
Judah Halevi "My Heart is in the East"
Uri Zvi Greenberg "On a Night of Rain in Jerusalem"
Yehuda Amichai "Mayor", "Ecology of Jerusalem"
Tuesday, July 10 (13:00 – 18:00): Longing for Zion: Changing Views on Jerusalem (depart from E303 at 12:40)
• The Haas Promenade
• Abu Tor
• Mount Zion
Thursday, July 12: 12.40 – 16.00
Yosef Haim Brenner Breakdown and Bereavement, translated by Hillel Halkin, Cornell University Press, 1971, pp. 5 - 68
Yosef Haim Brenner Breakdown and Bereavement, translated by Hillel Halkin, Cornell University Press, 1971, 95 -147
Tuesday, July 17: 8.30 – 12.00
Shmuel Yosef Agnon Only Yesterday, Book Two, Jerusalem, translated by Barbara Harshav. Princeton University Press, 2000, pp. 193 – 284.
Shmuel Yosef Agnon Only Yesterday, Book Two, Jerusalem, translated by Barbara Harshav. Princeton University Press, 2000, pp. 285- 369.
Wednesday, July 18 (14:30 – 18:30): The "Ins" and "Outs" of a Living City (1): Within the Walls, (depart from E303 at 14:20)
• Jaffa Gate
• The Broad Wall
• Kikar Batei Machaseh
• Azarat Yisrael (the Western Wall)
Monday, July 23: 10.20 – 11.50
Shmuel Yosef Agnon Only Yesterday, Book Four, Epilogue, translated by Barbara Harshav. Princeton University Press, 2000, pp. 485-592
Tuesday, July 24 (08:00 – 19:30): Models of Redemption in Second Temple Times, (depart E303 at 08:15)
• Rejecting the City; Embracing the Desert – Views from Mt. Scopus
• Qumran – Transcending or Rejecting Jerusalem? Holiness and Purity in the Desert
• Lunch Break
• Masada – "Give me freedom or give me death"?
• Bar-Cosiba – A Messiah or a Calamity?
• Return to Jerusalem
Thursday July 26: 10.20 – 11.50
Shulamit Hareven City of Many Days, translated by Hillel Halkin, Mercury House, 1993, pp. 1 – 58, pp. 83 – 115.
Tuesday, July 31: 12.40 – 16.00
Shulamit Hareven City of Many Days, translated by Hillel Halkin, Mercury House, 1993, pp. 116 – 134, pp. 169 - 189
Amos Oz My Michael, translated by Nicholas de Lange, A Harvest Book, 2005, pp. 1-98
Wednesday, August 1 (8:00 – 20:00): Tel-Aviv: Between Kodesh and Hol (depart E303 at 08:15)
• Opening at Beach Front
• Shalom Tower
• Independence Hall
• Lunch Break
• Bialik's Home
• Trumpeldor St. Cemetery
• Rabin Square
• Return to Jerusalem
Thursday, August 2: 8.30 – 10.00
Amos Oz My Michael, translated by Nicholas de Lange, A Harvest Book, 2005, pp. 99 – 253
Monday, August 6: 10.20 – 11.50
A.B. Yehoshua Mr. Mani, First Conversation, translated by Hillel Halkin, Peter Halban, 1993, pp. 3- 74
August 6 (12:45–18:00): The "Ins" and "Outs" of a Living City (2): Beyond the Walls (depart E303 at 12:40)
• Mishkenot Sha'ananim
• Yemin Moshe
• Mazkeret Moshe
• Ohel Moshe
• Rechavia
Wednesday, August 8 (12:45 – 18:00): Difficult Freedom, (depart from E303 at 12:40)
Memorial Mountain:
• Mount Herzl
• The National Military Cemetery
Kiryat Ben Gurion (Givat Ram)
Thursday, August 9: 10.20 – 11.50
A.B. Yehoshua Mr. Mani, Third Conversation translated by Hillel Halkin, Peter Halban, 1993, pp. 147 - 201
Required Reading:
A course reader attached
Additional Reading Material:
Yehuda Amichai – Poems of Jerusalem
Israeli poetry Anthology
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 70 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 10 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 20 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
Additional information:
Course/Module assessment: Please select components of the final grade from the list, and detail the percentage break-down. If you chose "Other", please specify.
A paper discussing 2-3 poems or prose excerpts related to any major historical event and/or social issue in Israeli society; Evaluation of their value as whistle blowers, eventual critic of their impact.
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