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Due to today’s storm, McGill classes are cancelled. Please note that campuses remain open, including Libraries, according to their schedules. For details, see the Alert email.


En raison de la tempête, les cours à McGill sont annulés aujourd’hui. Veuillez noter que les campus restent ouverts, y compris les bibliothèques selon leurs horaires. Pour plus de détails, voir le courriel d'alerte.

JWST 381 God and Devil in Modern Yiddish Literature (3 credits)

Offered by: Jewish Studies (Faculty of Arts)

Overview

Jewish Studies : An exploration of some of the central themes in Yiddish literature: religious faith and doubt; the nature of good and evil; and the role of fear - both awe of the divine and terror of the demonic. We will discuss Yiddish writers’ use of East European Jewish folklore, the influence of Christian culture, as well as the effects of secularization, mass emigration, and the Holocaust. Readings will include works by major Yiddish writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including I. L. Peretz, Sholem Aleichem, and Isaac Bashevis Singer.

Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.

Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.

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