This introductory course offers a survey of Hebrew literary prose from the 19^th Century to the present day, focusing on prominent writers and major trends. Among the issues addressed will be: The literature of the Jewish Enlightenment; the writing of S.Y. Abramovitch (Mendele Mocher Sforim); the beginning of Hebrew Modernism: Y.H. Brenner and U.N. Gnessin; Impressionism in the writing of D. Baron; the writing of S.Y. Agnon; the 48 generation; late Israeli Modernism in the 1960s; from Neo Realism to Postmodernism.

Attendance in the lectures is obligatory, as is reading the prescribed texts according to the syllabus. Students will sit an exam at the end of each semester.