GRMN 262-402 (GSOC 162 / JWST 102 / NELC 154)
Women in Jewish Literature
Kathryn Hellerstein profile
khellers@sas.upenn.edu
TR 10:30 am - 12 pm

Arts & Letters Sector (All Classes)
Cross-Cultural Analysis - Class of 2010 and after.
Benjamin Franklin Seminar

This course introduces students of literature, women's studies, and Jewish studies to the long tradition of women as readers, writers, and subjects in Jewish literature (in translation from Yiddish, Hebrew, and in English).  By examining the interaction of culture, gender, and religion in a variety of literary works by Jewish authors, from the seventeenth century to the present, the course will argue for the importance of Jewish women's writing.  Authors include Glikl of Hameln, Cynthia Ozick, Anzia Yezierska, Kadya Molodowsky, Esther Raab, and others.

updated 03-2009