Yiddish literature
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Yiddish literature is the body of written works produced in the Yiddish language, encompassing a rich tradition of poetry, prose, drama, and folklore that reflects the cultural, religious, and social life of Ashkenazi Jews.
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish literature
ⓘ
literature ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeople | Ashkenazi Jews ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Middle High German dialects ⓘ |
| flourishedInCentury |
19th century
ⓘ
20th century ⓘ |
| hasCulturalCenter |
Eastern Europe
ⓘ
Lithuania ⓘ New York City ⓘ Poland ⓘ Russia ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasForm |
drama
ⓘ
folklore ⓘ poetry ⓘ prose ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
Hasidic tales
ⓘ
Holocaust literature ⓘ children's literature ⓘ folktales ⓘ labor and socialist literature ⓘ modernist fiction ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRoot | medieval Ashkenazi communities ⓘ |
| hasInstitutionalSupportFrom |
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
ⓘ
Yiddish Book Center ⓘ |
| hasNotableAuthor |
Avrom Sutzkever
ⓘ
Chaim Grade ⓘ Der Nister ⓘ Dovid Bergelson ⓘ Esther Kreitman ⓘ H. Leivick ⓘ I. J. Singer ⓘ I. L. Peretz ⓘ Isaac Bashevis Singer ⓘ Itzik Manger ⓘ Kadya Molodowsky ⓘ Mendele Mocher Sforim ⓘ
surface form:
Mendele Moykher-Sforim
Moyshe-Leyb Halpern ⓘ Sholem Aleichem ⓘ Sholem Asch ⓘ Sholem Rabinovich ⓘ
surface form:
Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh
|
| hasNotableWork |
Sholom Aleichem
ⓘ
surface form:
Tevye the Dairyman
The Brothers Ashkenazi ⓘ The Dybbuk ⓘ The Dybbuk ⓘ
surface form:
The Dybbuk and Other Writings
The Family Moskat ⓘ The Magician of Lublin ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Holocaust memory
ⓘ
Jewish religious tradition ⓘ migration and diaspora ⓘ modernity and tradition ⓘ poverty and social justice ⓘ shtetl life ⓘ |
| incorporatesElementsFrom |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ Slavic languages ⓘ |
| isLinkedTo |
Hasidism
ⓘ
Haskalah ⓘ Jewish labor movement ⓘ |
| reflects |
cultural life of Ashkenazi Jews
ⓘ
religious life of Ashkenazi Jews ⓘ social life of Ashkenazi Jews ⓘ |
| usesScript | Hebrew alphabet ⓘ |
| writtenInLanguage | Yiddish ⓘ |
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