The Department of English Literature and Linguistics at Bar-Ilan University offers students a solid foundation in the history and development of English and American literature, with classes spanning the work of great canonical authors such as Shakespeare, Milton, Austen, and Dickens as well as contemporary authors. Courses and assignments also aim to develop high-level skills of analysis, critical thinking, argumentation, and self-expression.
If you have been puzzled by how language works or why it sometimes doesn’t show the properties that you might expect, or if you’ve wondered how children learn language, what happens in our brain when we process language and how we are able to produce and understand sentences we’ve never heard before, so have we. You are welcome to join our linguistics studies, looking for answers to these exciting questions, and many more like them, and to become part of the lively and quickly developing field of modern linguistics, which is not only the study of language but also the study of the human ability to acquire and use language
The planned double major is a structured program which combines studies in English and American literature with courses from Linguistics. In this version of the major, the course requirements from the two areas of study have been coordinated in advance to prevent clashes.
52 Credits in English Literature
52 Credits in Linguistics
10 Credits in Judaic Studies*
2 Credits in General Studies**
English as a Foreign Language***
First year required courses English Literature (12 credits)
First year required courses Linguistics (12 credits)
Second year required courses Linguistics
Required survey courses English Literature (2nd year)
*This is a tentative schedule and may change
Literature and Education – Dr. Ilana Blumberg
Children’s Literature – Dr. Daniel Feldman
African-American Literature – Dr. Carra Glatt
Literature in the Arts – Prof. Evan Fallenberg
You can see in the link below the English Literature seminars:
You can see in the link below the Linguistics seminars:
Example schedule:
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