Examine stereotypes that have come to define Jewishness in American culture by focusing both on the antisemitic tropes perpetuated by non-Jewish representations of 'the Jew' in literary classics and on the archetypes employed as coping mechanisms in cultural representations created by Jews themselves. Analyze how stereotypes become enmeshed in cultural consciousness and investigate ways in which representations of ethnic, religious, and racial minorities are governed by these kinds of one-dimensional archetypes. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 331C, English 323D (Topic: Jewish Stereotypes Lit/Cul), 323J, Jewish Studies 363 (Topic 31). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.