Course title

Selected Readings of Jewish American Fiction

Instructor

ZHENG LI

Instructor’s profile

PhD, Associate Professor, areas of interest: Jewish American literature, Comparative literature, Gender Study

Course goals

Familiarity with Jewish culture and Jewish-American Literature

Comparison with and reevaluation of Chinese culture

Topics

General introduction of Jewish history, religion and literature

Distinctive Jewish American writers and features

Contemplation of Jewish and Chinese Culture

Assessment

Class Participation and presentation (30%) 2. Final Paper (70%)

Reference books

Jewish American Literature: A Norton Anthology

The Cambridge Companion to Jewish American Literature

The Jewish People: Their History and Religion

Working language

English

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