JS 316 - Yiddish Literature in Translation II

Course Cross-listed with ENG 316
3 credit(s)
This course continues the study of literary forms established by Seforim, Aleichem, and Peretz (The Realistic, The Ironic, The Parodic, etc.), as they appear in the world of such writers as Pinski, Spector, Asch, Reisen, Weissenber, Schneour, Shapiro, Kulback, I. J. Singer, Opatoshu, Bergelson, Glatstein, Grade. The course also concentrates on what are called Yenne Velt stories, those of Jewish fantasy and occult. Proverbs, folk tales, songs, poems, will introduce each meeting.

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