JUST 2537 Yiddish Short Stories and Poetry in Translation
(Prior to Fall 2010, this course was known as JUD 53.7.
The information below might still reflect the old course numbers. Bracketed numbers, if any, are the old course numbers. Learn more...)
3 hours lecture; 3 credits
Introduction to East European Jewish culture through Yiddish short stories in translation. Selected works by a variety of authors, including Shalom Aleichem, Isaac Leib Peretz, Shalom Asch, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Itzik Manger, Kadya Molodowsky, Esther Kreitman, and Miriam Ulinower, among others. This course is the same as Comparative Literature 3624 [14.5].
Prerequisite: English 1010 [1] or 1.7.
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