JWST 217 - Film, Fiction and the Construction of Identity – Israeli and Palestinian Voices

1 unit(s)

(Same as HEBR 217 and RELI 217) This course explores the emergence and consolidation of collective identities in modern Israel and Palestine. Through a close examination of Israeli and Palestinian literary texts in translation and select movies students are introduced to an array of competing and complementing narratives that Israelis and Palestinians have relied on to understand themselves and their relationship to the other. Special attention is given to issues related to class, gender, ethnicity, religion and ideology.