Advanced with Avrom Lichtenbaum: Moyshe Broderzon — the Troubadour, the Poet, the Language Virtuoso: Monday, 1:30 – 3:00 PM ET: June 30, July 7, 14, 21, 28
Monday, 1:30 – 3:00 PM ET: June 30, July 7, 14, 21, 28
Broderzon was an interwar poet, a modernist in language, culture, folklore, song, and theater arts who always experimented in order to interest young readers. He always formed groups of writers, painters, and sculptors around him and showed the way for Yiddish book and theater arts after the Russian Revolution. He always looked for ways to attract the Yiddish audience, even the poor workers of Lodz and Warsaw, whom he brought closer to poetry and theater.
Course Tools: We will read two essays (Sh. Niger and I. Manger) and Broderzon’s creations from various periods, his experimental works and children’s poems. Students will receive materials before the class begins.
Additional Info: This course is taught entirely in Yiddish.
Monday, 1:30 – 3:00 PM ET: June 30, July 7, 14, 21, 28
Broderzon was an interwar poet, a modernist in language, culture, folklore, song, and theater arts who always experimented in order to interest young readers. He always formed groups of writers, painters, and sculptors around him and showed the way for Yiddish book and theater arts after the Russian Revolution. He always looked for ways to attract the Yiddish audience, even the poor workers of Lodz and Warsaw, whom he brought closer to poetry and theater.
Course Tools: We will read two essays (Sh. Niger and I. Manger) and Broderzon’s creations from various periods, his experimental works and children’s poems. Students will receive materials before the class begins.
Additional Info: This course is taught entirely in Yiddish.
Monday, 1:30 – 3:00 PM ET: June 30, July 7, 14, 21, 28
Broderzon was an interwar poet, a modernist in language, culture, folklore, song, and theater arts who always experimented in order to interest young readers. He always formed groups of writers, painters, and sculptors around him and showed the way for Yiddish book and theater arts after the Russian Revolution. He always looked for ways to attract the Yiddish audience, even the poor workers of Lodz and Warsaw, whom he brought closer to poetry and theater.
Course Tools: We will read two essays (Sh. Niger and I. Manger) and Broderzon’s creations from various periods, his experimental works and children’s poems. Students will receive materials before the class begins.
Additional Info: This course is taught entirely in Yiddish.