Hebrew Language and Culture
A.Y. 2023/2024
Learning objectives
The course aims to provide basic knowledge of Hebrew language and Israeli culture through the discussion of key issues also related to history, politics and society. This approach that will enable to examine the multifaceted identity of Israel country which plays an essential role in contemporary reality.
Expected learning outcomes
At the conclusion of the course, each student should be able to read and understand small Hebrew texts. Moreover, basic skills in oral communication will be developed. Regarding Unit 2 and Unit 3, each student should be able to analyze and critically discuss literary works and films that will be examined during the course.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
The Course aims to provide basic knowledge of Hebrew language and Israeli culture through the discussion of some fundamental topics. In the Unit 1 of the Course a basic knowledge of Hebrew language will be provided. A particular attention will be devoted to Hebrew alphabet and its pronunciation, together to more complex aspects of language, such as nouns and adjectives, some pronouns, prepositions, and verbs. The Unit 2 will show some key topics in Jewish State's culture and politics, such as Yom Kippur War in 1973. Discussion of this topic will be supported by reading of excerpts from Israeli novels and documentaries. In the Unit 3 the same issues previously examined in unit 2 will be analysed through the lense of Israeli cinema.
Prerequisites for admission
No specific prerequisites are required.
Teaching methods
Frontal lesson supported by materials available on the e-learning Platform.
Teaching Resources
All the material needed to study the course will be available on the Ariel website dedicated to the course. The following books are recommended for further reading:
Unit 1:
Shlomit Chayat, Sara Israeli, Hilla Kobliner, Hebrew from scratch, Akademon Publishing House, Jerusalem 2007.
Unit 2:
Benny Morris, 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War, Yale University Press, New Haven 2007.
Sami Michael, Refuge, Philadelphia, Jewish Publishers Society 1988.
A.B. Yehoshua, The Lover, Garden City, Doubleday 1978; London, Heinemann 1979; New York, Dutton Obelisk 1985; San Diego, Harcourt Brace,1993; London, Peter Halban 2004-
Unit 3:
Miri Talmon, Yaron Peleg, Israeli Cinema: Identities in Motion, University of Texas Press, Austin 2011.
Unit 1:
Shlomit Chayat, Sara Israeli, Hilla Kobliner, Hebrew from scratch, Akademon Publishing House, Jerusalem 2007.
Unit 2:
Benny Morris, 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War, Yale University Press, New Haven 2007.
Sami Michael, Refuge, Philadelphia, Jewish Publishers Society 1988.
A.B. Yehoshua, The Lover, Garden City, Doubleday 1978; London, Heinemann 1979; New York, Dutton Obelisk 1985; San Diego, Harcourt Brace,1993; London, Peter Halban 2004-
Unit 3:
Miri Talmon, Yaron Peleg, Israeli Cinema: Identities in Motion, University of Texas Press, Austin 2011.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam will consist of two tests, the first of which (Unit1) WRITTEN preparatory to the second ORAL (Unit 2 and 3). The vote, out of thirty, will be the result of the two tests.
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