Undergraduate Women 1999-2000

HEBREW (HEB)

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Jewish Studies majors may concentrate in Hebrew. See the description of the Jewish Studies major.

1101-1102 Beginner's Hebrew. 3 credits.
No credit if taken after two or more years of high school Hebrew. Introduction to the reading, writing, translating, and speaking of Hebrew; first principles of grammar.

1103-1104 Elementary Hebrew. 3 credits.
No credit if taken after two or more years of high school Hebrew; students with three years of high school Hebrew may enter HEB 1104 or 1203 with permission of the instructor. The continuation of this course is HEB 1203.

1203-1204 Lower Intermediate Hebrew. 3 credits.
No credit if taken after four years of high school Hebrew; students with superior records in HEB 1102 or in 1104 or in high school Hebrew may enter HEB 1204 with permission of the instructor. Review of grammar, selected readings and translation, composition and conversation. The continuation of this course is HEB 1205.

1205, 1206 Intermediate Hebrew. 3 credits.
Review of grammar, practice in writing and speaking Hebrew. Readings in modern Hebrew literature. The continuation of this course is HEB 1207 or 1231.

1207-1208 Upper Intermediate Hebrew. 3 credits.
Graded readings, composition, and conversation. Unvocalized texts and easy Israeli newspapers are used.
Prerequisite: HEB 1206 or equivalent, with good knowledge of grammar.

1231 Conversational Hebrew. 3 credits.
Directed toward the development of fluency in speaking Hebrew.
Prerequisite: HEB 1204 or 1205.

1311 Advanced Grammar. 3 credits.
Hebrew syntax and grammar; varieties of construction and idioms; compositions and exercises.
Prerequisite: HEB 1206.

1321, 1322 Biblical Hebrew. 3 credits.
Review of basic forms; principles of phonology, morphology, and syntax.

1409, 1410 Advanced Conversation. 3 credits.
Spoken modern Hebrew, using advanced textbooks and Israeli newspapers.

2020 Early Hebrew Poetry. 3 credits.
Historical-philological approach to the study of early Hebrew poetry; the application of different linguistic forms to similar themes.

2409; 2410 Post-Biblical and Medieval Literature. 3 credits.
Hebrew literature from the close of the Biblical period through the medieval period; selections from the Apocrypha, paitanim, medieval prose and poetry, with emphasis on Maimonides, Yehudah Halevi, and Ibn Gabirol.

2525 Medieval Hebrew Poetry. 3 credits.
Selected readings in the Hebrew poetry of the Middle Ages, with emphasis on Yehudah Halevi, Shmuel Hanagid, Solomon Ibn Gabirol, and Abraham Ibn Ezra.

2535 Medieval Hebrew Prose. 3 credits.
Selected readings in Hebrew prose of the Middle Ages, with emphasis on Maimonides.

2567, 2568 Modern Hebrew Literature. 3 credits.
The movement for Enlightenment (Haskalah) and the national renaissance, with readings in the major writers of the period.

2607 Foundations of Haskalah Literature. 3 credits.
The literature of the period of the Enlightenment, with readings in J. L. Gordon, Krochmal, M. J. Lebenson, Luzatto, Mapu, and Smolenskin.

2657 Modern Hebrew Prose. 3 credits.
The Hebrew short story and novel from 1880 to the present.

2667 The Hebrew Novel. 3 credits.
Critical study of representative works of such writers as Agnon, Barash, Brenner, Hazaz, Meged, and Mendele.

2669 The Hebrew Short Story. 3 credits.
Detailed examination of the short story genre, its main characteristics, motifs, themes, and techniques as reflected in the works of Agnon, Applefeld, Baron, Hazaz, Oz, Shenhar, Shoffman, and others.

2677 The Modern Hebrew Essay. 3 credits.
Selected readings from the 19th and 20th centuries.

2679 Modern Hebrew Poetry. 3 credits. \
Major poems of modern masters from 1880 to the present.

2687 Foundations of Renaissance Literature. 3 credits.
The works of Ahad Ha'am, Bialik, and Mendele.

2688 20th Century Literature. 3 credits.
Hebrew prose and poetry of the 20th century; literary analysis of selected readings of the major modern authors.

2697; 2698 Contemporary Hebrew Literature. 3 credits.
Hebrew prose and poetry of the period since 1948; literary analysis of selected readings of the major authors.

2709; 2710; 2719; 2720; 2729; 2730; 2739; 2740 Topics in Hebrew Literature. 3 credits.
Each semester examines a specific area, such as Literature of the Holocaust; War and Peace in Contemporary Israeli Literature; the Portrayal of the Arab in Israeli Literature; Biblical Themes in Israeli Literature; the Kibbutz in Israeli Literature; Zionism in Hebrew Literature.

2801 through 2899 Studies in Individual Authors and Their Works. 3 credits.

2927 Biblical Themes in Modern Hebrew Literature. 3 credits.

4901, 4902 Independent Study
See Academic Regulations section.

4911; 4912 Honors
See Academic Regulations section.

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