Interpreting and translating Bialik – Advanced Hebrew language course - Einzelansicht

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Chaim Nahman Bialik (1873-1934) belonged to a group of Jewish writers who paved, at a time when an environment of native speakers only began to develop, more and more ways to express oneself freely in the Hebrew language, primarily for the purpose of writing. This language course shall treat one of the best known of Bialik's philosophical essays, "Gillui ve-chissui ba-lashon" (1915). By the reading of this essay, we will explore the lexical, syntactic, and semantic difficulties in comprehending modern written Hebrew. The overarching goal of this language course shall be the acquisition of those means with whose aid the independent study of complex Hebrew texts becomes possible.

Knowledge of Hebrew morphology (word formation).

During the semester brief translation exercises will be assigned. At its end, a comprehensive translation has to be prepared, i.e., the own translation shall be introduced and commented.