ENG2260 YIDDISH LIT IN TRANSLATION

Survey of the poetry, fiction, essays and literary tendencies within Yiddish writing, primarily in the U.S., over the last hundred years. Among the writers covered are Sholem Aleichem, Y.L. Peretz, Sholem Asch, Israel Joshua Singer and Isaac Bashevis Singer. Field trip(s) to New York City Yiddish Cultural Center included. Weinstein