---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ETAI office <etaioffice@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Revisiting the Classics: Tel Aviv University Dear Sir/Madame, As head of the English Department at Tel Aviv University, I am pleased and honored to invite you to a lecture series on the Classics of English Literature. The lectures will be given by our Department's senior specialists, scholars of international repute. Each of these specialists will focus on a classic of English or American literature that is within the sphere of his or her scholarly expertise, and offer an in-depth literary view of the work in relation to the cultural and historical heritage in relation to which it was written. Lectures are especially designed for an educated audience seeking cultural enrichment in the English language. We would be honored to have the pleasure of your company in this lecture series as our distinguished guest. Professor Shirley Sharon-Zisser Chair, Department of English and American Studies Tel Aviv University Program of Lectures Shakespeare's King Lear – Dr. Noam Reisner Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter – Dr. Hedda Ben Bassat George Eliot's Middlemarch – Dr. Alberto Gabriele Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn – Dr. Milette Shamir The Poetry of Robert Frost – Prof. Karen Alkalay-Gut J. R. R. Tolkein's Lord of the Rings – Dr. Elana Gomel Tony Kushner's Angels in America – Ms. Linda Streit Lectures will be weekly, starting 2 December, from 18:00 – 20:00, in room 001, Webb Building, Tel Aviv University Price: 50 NIS per lecture or 300 NIS for the entire series For further information and registration please contact the English Department: 03-6409683 or ilanae@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------