YIDDISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE IN AMERICA

GERMAN 267

Explores Yiddish song as an expression of the modern Jewish experience from Eastern Europe to the US. Covers folk song, popular and art music. Music and readings together provide an analytical framework to examine cultural and historical issues.

JEWISH/LITTRANS 318

Pre-modern Jewish society's breakdown, immigration, the challenges of integration and exclusion, and the establishment of new communities will serve as a backdrop for the analysis and comparison of Jewish literary texts written in Hebrew, Yiddish, German, Russian, and English.

GNS/JEWISH 106

Introduction to the Yiddish language through speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Emphasis on communication with attention to cultural and historical context.

GERMAN 266

Introduction to diverse cultural expressions of German and/or Yiddish speakers worldwide.

GERMAN/JEWISH/LITTRANS 269

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