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Academic Year 2001/2002

Jewish Documents
RELI 472 SP

This is a class in rigorous seeing, reading, and writing. The objects that we will examine in detail are all non-fictional works (films, diaries, letters, memoirs) that depict some aspect of Jewish life in the twentieth century. Besides looking at each document in its historical and social context, we will pay close attention to form and to the different ways that Jews have organized and understood their experience over the years. Among the subjects we will discuss are Jean-Luc Godard's statement that cinema was invented to film the concentration camps, the nature of Jewish memory and mimesis (or whether such categories really exist), and the relationship between filmic fact and fiction, day-to-day (private) observation and official (public) history. Students will be expected to read carefully, write weekly critical responses to the material, participate actively in class discussions, and attend regular screenings outside of class.

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Hoffman,Adina R.   

Times: ..T.... 01:10PM-04:00PM;     Location: DAC100

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 20)

SR. major: 1   Jr. major: 1

SR. non-major: 5   Jr. non-major: 5   SO: 5   FR: 3

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Reading Non-Verbal Texts, Writing

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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