FALL 2000
This information effective for Fall 2000.
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*This course is one of the core courses for the new JEWISH STUDIES MINOR.
Instructor: Professor Murray Baumgarten
An examination of some major Jewish writers and their responses to the American city. Major writers: Henry Roth, Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, J. Kaplan, Philip Roth. A look at Yiddish and other minority writers, and including sociological and historical materials on the American city. There will be films and, as well, this year, a discussion of how American writers have viewed Israeli cities.
Instructor: R. Terdiman
This course will read, in English translation, four major 19th century French novels, one each by Stendhal, Balzac, Flaubert, and Zola. Format: combined lecture and discussion. Written work to be done in English.