JWST 276 - The Fantastic, the Fictional and the Real in Jewish literature

This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
English
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 Hours
Attribute: 3HU, CD, WR
New course added 10.15.20.

When do Jewish writers invoke the supernatural? What are the borders of reality and how are they transgressed or transcended? This course will look at the way the surface of reality is perturbed by Golems, Dybbuks and Human Insects, by the unconscious down below and by the law up above. We will answer these questions by reading classic works of Jewish fiction by Kafka, Singer, Agnon, Anski, Pertz and others.
Enrollment Limit: 25
Instructor: A. Ofengenden
Consent of the Instructor Required? No