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schouten, Jenny Mertine (2017)

“Meyn Hartz iz Farshteynt Gevorden”: A YiddishAmerican Othello in 1929

Bachelor thesis | Engelse taal en cultuur (BA)
This thesis describes the history and development of Jewish immigrant theater in New York, focusing on a Yiddish translation of Shakespeare's play "Othello". Comparing this version of Othello to other Yiddish translations of Shakespeare's plays, this thesis offers a description of the problems that Jews in America encountered during the process of integration into American society.
Literature
Shakespeare
Yiddish
Yiddish theatre
American Judaism
Jewish playwrights
Othello
Jewish history
Author
schouten, Jenny Mertine
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities
Specialisation
Literature
Supervisors
Dijkhuizen, Jan Frans van
ECTS Credits
10
Language
en