AMSTUD 240Y: The Yiddish Story (JEWISHST 241, SLAVIC 240)

Course Description

Eastern European Jews were famous for the stories they told - funny, tragic, thought-provoking. We read Yiddish stories written in Russia, the Soviet Union, the United States, and elsewhere, by Sholem Aleichem and Isaac Bashevis Singer and others. Writers in other languages have tried to write stories with a "Yiddish accent;" we read some of those and experiment writing such stories ourselves. Readings in English; separate section available for students who want to read in Yiddish.