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Nov 23, 2024
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CLL 120 - (LT) Jewish Humor: From Bible to BoratSemester Hours: 3
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This course presents a transnational and transhistorical survey of significant works of Jewish humor from literature, oral narrative, performance, and cinema. Texts selected from Eastern Europe, England, the United States, and Israel demonstrate both the survival and transformations of Jewish comic traditions. Through lectures, discussions, exercises and papers, students gain a broad understanding of the history, psychology, and philosophy of humor related to Jewish arts and letters from around the globe and across the centuries.
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