Sunday, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET: Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23, Dec. 7, 14, 21, 28
Course Goals: To study some of the great writers of Yiddish literature while improving listening and comprehension skills.
Course Description: This course will use Sheva Zucker’s book and recordings, Di Goldene Pave/The Golden Peacock as a basis. Through this collection that features the work and voices of 12 Yiddish writers — Glatshteyn, Dropkin, Wiesel, Leivick, Leyeles, Molodowsky, Manger, Sutzkever, Korn, Sholem-Aleichem, Schaechter-Gottesman, and Shraibman — we will become acquainted with their poetry and prose. We will also improve our listening skills as we listen to these writers reading from their own work in their various dialects. The contents of the book will be supplemented by other recordings of these writers collected by the instructor.
Course Tools: Di Goldene Pave: Dos kol fun dem yidishn shrayber/The Golden Peacock: The Voice of the Yiddish Writer (available from Sheva Zucker, sczucker@aol.com).
Additional Information: This course is designed for those with approximately 4 years or more of Yiddish language study and who have completed Yiddish: An Introduction to the Language, Literature & Culture, Vol. II by Sheva Zucker (or the equivalent) and beyond. This course will be taught entirely in Yiddish.
Sunday, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET: Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23, Dec. 7, 14, 21, 28
Course Goals: To study some of the great writers of Yiddish literature while improving listening and comprehension skills.
Course Description: This course will use Sheva Zucker’s book and recordings, Di Goldene Pave/The Golden Peacock as a basis. Through this collection that features the work and voices of 12 Yiddish writers — Glatshteyn, Dropkin, Wiesel, Leivick, Leyeles, Molodowsky, Manger, Sutzkever, Korn, Sholem-Aleichem, Schaechter-Gottesman, and Shraibman — we will become acquainted with their poetry and prose. We will also improve our listening skills as we listen to these writers reading from their own work in their various dialects. The contents of the book will be supplemented by other recordings of these writers collected by the instructor.
Course Tools: Di Goldene Pave: Dos kol fun dem yidishn shrayber/The Golden Peacock: The Voice of the Yiddish Writer (available from Sheva Zucker, sczucker@aol.com).
Additional Information: This course is designed for those with approximately 4 years or more of Yiddish language study and who have completed Yiddish: An Introduction to the Language, Literature & Culture, Vol. II by Sheva Zucker (or the equivalent) and beyond. This course will be taught entirely in Yiddish.
