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YIDDISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE IN EUROPE

GERMAN/JEWISH/LITTRANS 269
Course Description

Exploration of European Yiddish fiction, poetry, folklore, and cinema, with a focus on works of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Prerequisites

None

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.86

6.55% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

1.79% from Historical

A Rate
91.89%

47.54% from Historical

Class Size
37

127.19% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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