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COMPLIT 225X / YIDDISH 203 – Yiddish Trash

Head of the Charles Regatta, Cambridge, MA

COMPLIT 225X / YIDDISH 203 – Yiddish Trash

Semester: Spring
Offered: 2025
Instructor: Saul Zaritt
Meeting Time: Th, 9:00 – 11:00am

This course follows the history of Yiddish entertainment culture, from popular pamphlet fiction of the nineteenth century to serialized novels in the major Yiddish newspapers of the twentieth century, from the melodramas of the early Yiddish stage to immigrant theater on the Lower East Side. Broad theorization of popular culture will prepare students to investigate the vast and varied archives of “shund,” Yiddish trash. Reading knowledge of Yiddish required.

Jointly Offered with: Faculty of Arts & Sciences as YIDDISH 203

For more details please visit the Harvard Course Catalog.