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Modern Hebrew Poetry שירה עברית מודרנית (Coursera)

Offered by Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Modern Hebrew Poetry שירה עברית מודרנית (Coursera)

הקורס מציע מיפוי של השירה העברית החדשה למן תנועת ההשכלה דרך תקופת "התחייה" והמודרניזם שבא בעקבותיה, ועד לימינו. הקורס מציג באופן חי ונושם את המפנים הפואטיים ואת ההתפתחויות הסגנוניות והתמטיות בתחום השירה העברית, מראשיתה, באמצעות קריאות קרובות של טקסטים מן התקופות השונות, ומעמיד מאגר גדול ושופע של ידע תיאורטי, ספרותי והיסטורי, לצד פרשנויות עמוקות, מאתגרות ומפתיעות.

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Syllabus

Week 1 - Introduction to the Hebrew Renaissance
מבוא לשירת "התחייה" - יהודה לייב גורדון ושירת "חיבת ציון"
Week 2 - The Renaissance
שאול טשרניחובסקי
Week 3 - Bialik 1 - Sentimental Education
חיים נחמן ביאליק - חלק א'
Week 4 - Bialik 2 - Light, Shade and Wrath
חיים נחמן ביאליק - חלק ב'
Week 5 - Bialik's Generation - Belle Époque and Urbanism
דור ביאליק
Week 6 - Pioneers of Modernism
ראשית המודרניזם - יעקב פיכמן, אברהם בן יצחק, דוד פוגל
Week 7 - On The Verge of Expressionism
ראשית המודרניזם העברי - דוד פוגל, דוד שמעונוביץ ויוסף צבי רימון
Week 8 - Modernism and Symbolism
מודרניזם וסימבוליזם - אורי צבי גרינברג ואברהם שלונסקי
Week 9 - The Women Pioneers of Poetry
נשים חלוצות בשירה העברית המודרנית - אסתר ראב ורחל בלובשטיין
Week 10 - The Poetry of Alterman
נתן אלתרמן
Week 11 - Goldberg and Lenski
לאה גולדברג וחיים לנסקי
Week 12 - The Generation of 1948
שירת דור תש"ח
Week 13 - The Generation of the State
שירת דור המדינה
Week 14 - Israeli Poetry and the Spoken Hebrew
השירה הישראלית והעברית המדוברת

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