Hispanic-Jewish Literature in Translation

Introduction to Hispanic-Jewish fiction and critical material (Latin American, Brazilian and Spanish, Sephardic and Ashkenazic). Students will learn to read, discuss and write about texts in fulfillment of the norms of literature as a discipline, including techniques of close reading. stylistic analysis of formal features and literary genres and periods. Students will learn to read novels, short stories, plays and diaries and analyze literary and cultural models that seek to define identity.