2025-26 Literature Program
2025-26 Literature Program (PDF)
Our literature program offers a range of required and elective courses, as well as seminars.
Below you will find the list of literature courses for the academic year 2023-24.
Note: Small changes in next year's Literature Program may still occur.
Click on the title of any course to see its description. For a full description of all the literature courses offered by the department, click here.
First-Year Courses
Dr. Karin Berkman/ Dr. Taylor Johnston-Levy
Sem I Mon-Wed 10:00-12:00
Dr. Karin Berkman/ Dr. Taylor Johnson-Levy
Sem II Mon-Wed 10:00-12:00
Dr. Yael Shapira
Sem II Mon-Wed 14:00-16:00
193 Historical Background to English and American Literature
Prof. William Kolbrener
Sem I Mon-Wed 14:00-16:00
Dr. Daniel Feldman
Sem I Mon-Wed 12:00-14:00
Second- and Third-Year Survey Courses
Prof. William Kolbrener
Sem I Mon-Wed 16:00-18:00
Dr. Carra Glatt
Sem I Mon-Wed 10:00-12:00
303 Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century English Literature
Dr. Daniel Feldman
Sem II - Online course
Dr. Esther Schupak
Sem II Wed 8:00-10:00 (hybrid course)
For any further information regarding the Literature Program of The Department of English Literature and Linguistics in Bar-Ilan University, kindly contact our office here.
Electives - 6xx level (second- and third-year BA students; MA students in the regular track)
671 African American Literature
Dr. Carra Glatt
Sem II Mon-Wed 10:00-12:00
Dr. Daniel Feldman
Sem I Mon-Wed 14:00-16:00
Dr. Yael Shapira
Sem II Mon-Wed 12:00-14:00
6040 Writing Race: South African Literature, 1948-1996
Dr. Karin Berkman
Sem I Mon-Wed 12:00-14:00
6150 American Protest: Music, Manifestos, and Poetry
Prof. Marcela Sulak
Sem I Wed 8:00-12:00
6400/6401 Gods and Gladiators: Ancient Greece and Rome in Modern Popular Culture (Parts 1 and 2)
Prof. Lisa Maurice
Sem I+II Sun 12:00-14:00
(Offered by the Classics Department, in English; Parts I and II can be taken together by English literature students as an elective.)
For any further information regarding the Literature Program of The Department of English Literature and Linguistics in Bar-Ilan University, kindly contact our office here.
4xx-Level seminars (third-year BA students; literature MA students in the non-thesis track)
Prof. Evan Fallenberg
Sem II Mon 16:00-20:00
4700 Sacred and Secular: Shakespeare, Rembrandt, and Milton
Prof. William Kolbrener
Sem II Wed 14:00-18:00
7xx-Level Seminars (third-year BA students, MA students)
726 The Art of Literary Translation
Prof. Evan Fallenberg
Sem I Tue 14:00-18:00
732 Life Stories in Literature and Other Media
Prof. Ilana Blumberg
Sem I Wed 16:00-20:00
735 Science Fiction in Literature and the Media
Dr. Esther Schupak
Sem I Wed 8:00-12:00
Dr. Yael Shapira
Sem I Wed 16:00-20:00
Prof. Marcela Sulak
Sem I Mon 8:00-12:00
Dr. Carra Glatt
Sem II Wed 14:00-18:00
760 Arab Literature in English and Translation
Dr. Taylor Johnston-Levy
Sem II Mon-Wed 12:00-14:00
783 Seventeenth Century Religious Lyrics in England (Parts I and II)
Dr. Yaakov Mascetti
Sem I Tue 14:00-18:00
(Offered by the Department of Comparative Literature, in English; Parts I and II can be taken together by English literature students as an undergraduate or graduate seminar.)
For any further information regarding the Literature Program of The Department of English Literature and Linguistics in Bar-Ilan University, kindly contact our office here.
MA Seminars (Graduate students only)
Note: BA students who wish to take a graduate seminar need permission from the instructor to register.
829 Literary Conversations: Introduction to Advanced Studies in Literature
Note: Required for all graduate students in literature; MA students in Creative Writing welcome.
Dr. Carra Glatt
Sem II Wed 12:00-16:00
8800 From Aristotle to AI: Teaching Writing in a Digital World
Dr. Esther Schupak
Sem II Wed 10:00-14:00
919 Advanced Academic Reading and Writing
Prof. Ilana Blumberg
Sem II Wed 12:00-16:00
Creative Writing and Translation Workshops
(Note: These workshops are intended for CW students only. Literature students interested in taking a creative writing workshop may apply to the instructor, who will consider their request based on availability and qualifications.)
Mr. Yoni Hammer Kossoy
Sem I Tue 10:00-14:00
Prof. Ilana Blumberg
Sem I Tue 10:00-14:00
Prof. Marcela Sulak
Sem II Tue 10:00-14:00
9800 Issues in Writing Fiction
Prof. Evan Fallenberg
Sem II Tues 14:00-18:00
Prof. Marcela Sulak
Sem II Tue 12:00-16:00
