CMPL 365 - Love and Death: Jewish Literature and Culture of the Americas

FC ARHU CD

4 credits
The iconic arrival at Ellis Island was contemporaneous with mass Jewish immigration throughout the Americas. Framing Jewish literature in a multilingual, pan-American context, we will study the deep specificity of texts as well as major themes: alienation, sport, philosophy, comedy, and love. Authors include Lispector, Pizarnik, Borges, Chejfec, Roth, Shteyngart, Chabon, and more. Optional HISP 366-01 LxC section in Spanish.

Prerequisites: one course in literature.

This course is cross-listed with HISP-365, JWST-365