General provisions

The course is given as a freestanding course.

Entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree with Semitic Languages as the main field of study or equivalent.

Learning outcomes

The aim of the course is to deepen and broaden the ability to perform textual analysis applied mainly to Hebrew poetic texts.

On completion of the course, to earn the grade pass, students should at least be able to:

- translate selected texts in a methodologically aware way;

- carry out a linguistic analysis of the selected texts taking modern linguistic methods into account;

- interpret the selected texts in the framework of their historical and literary context;

- make a scientifically relevant compilation of the special linguistic and literary characteristics of the texts;

- discuss the relation between language and the understanding of gender.

Content

Reading of about 100 normal pages of advanced poetic texts in Hebrew.

Instruction

The teaching consists of supervision.

Assessment

Assessment is continuous in connection with the teaching of the texts studied. Furthermore, students write a comparative minor essay of 10-15 pages dealing with some theme that relates to the texts in the course or a more in-depth linguistic and literary analysis of a single text read as part of the course.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may decide to make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. Special circumstances can include notification of special educational support from the University's disability coordinator.

Other directives

The course may not be included in a degree if equivalent components have been studied in another course included in the degree.