Isaac Bashevis Singer Fall 2011 Ilan Stavans Ext.8201 [email protected] Office Hours: TTh, 2-3 pm

Books Isaac Bashevis Singer, Collected Stories, ed. Ilan Stavans, 3 vols. (Library of America) [CC1, CC2, CC3] _____, The Slave (Noonday) _____, Satan in Goray (Noonday) _____, Shadows on the Hudson (Noonday) _____, Stories for Children (Noonday)

Online Isaac Bashevis Singer, In My Father’s Court. _____, Interviews.

Film Paul Mazursky, Enemies: A Love Story. Bruce Davidson, Isaac Singer's Nightmare and Mrs. Pupko's Beard.

Schedule September Tuesday 6 Introduction Thursday 8 In My Father’s Court [online] Tuesday 13 Gimpel the Fool, The Gentlemen from Cracow, The Wife Killer [CC1] Thursday 15 The Spinoza of Marker Street, A Tale of Two Liars, The Destruction of Kreshev [CC1] Tuesday 20 Satan in Goray Thursday 22 Satan in Goray Tuesday 27 Taible and Her Demon, Alone, Esther Kreidel the Second, A Wedding in Brownsville, Short Friday [CC1] Thursday 29 The Séance, The Slaughterhouse, The Lecture, The Plagiarist, The Parrot, The Letter Writer [CC1] October Tuesday 4 A Fried of Kafka, The Cafeteria, The Joke, The Colony, The Blasphemer, The Son [CC2] Thursday 6 Interviews [online] Midterm Paper due Tuesday 11 Fall Break Thursday 13 The Slave Tuesday 18 The Slave Thursday 20 A Crown of Feathers, A Day in Coney Island, The Captive, The Briefcase, The Cabalist of East Broadway, The Prodigy, The Beard [CC2] Tuesday 25 Isaac Singer's Nightmare and Mrs. Pupko's Beard [film] Thursday 27 Hanka, Old Love, Errors, The Admirer, Sabbath in Portugal, The Witch, Sam Palka and David Vishkover [CC2] November Tuesday 1 A Tale of Two Sisters, The Fatalist, The Gravedigger, Moishele, The Adventure, Passions [CC2] Thursday 3 Enemies: A Love Story [film] Tuesday 8 Shadows in the Hudson Thursday 10 Shadows in the Hudson Tuesday 15 Stories for Children Thursday 17 Stories for Children Tuesday 22 Thanksgiving Break Thursday 24 Thanksgiving Break Tuesday 29 One Night in Brazil, The Psychic Journey, Two Weddings and One Divorce, The Betrayer of Israel, The Manuscript [CC3] December Thursday 1 Advice, The Bond, The Interview, The Enemy, On the Way to the Poorhouse [CC3] Tuesday 6 A Telephone Call on Yom Kippur, The Image, The Jew from Babylon, The Recluse, The Accuser and the Accused, The Impresario [CC3] Final Paper due Thursday 8 The Hotel, Dazzled, Sabbath in Gehenna, The Bird, The Building Project, The Mathematician [CC3] Tuesday 13 Conclusion

Grade Attendance and Class Participation 30% Presentation 15% Midterm Paper 15% Final Paper 40%