Monthly Archives: June 2011

Does graduate coursework in literature prepare students for professional academic literary criticism?

Posted on June 20, 2011 by David Wacks

What is the point of a graduate level seminar in literature? In a Masters-level class in, for example, medieval Spanish literature, there are two goals. The first is to help students achieve mastery of a corpus of texts that will … Continue reading →

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Hebrew Bible: Intertextuality in Spanish-Hebrew Literature

Posted on June 7, 2011 by David Wacks

This post was originally given as a conference presentation at “Scriptures in Medieval Iberia: Language, literature, and sacred text in a multi-religious society” (Monday, 6 June, 2011, Iona Pacific Inter-religious Centre, Vancouver School of Theology). I’ve also posted a pdf … Continue reading →

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