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Hebrew Literature and the 1948 War: Essays on Philology and Responsibility

Hebrew Literature and the 1948 War: Essays on Philology and Responsibility

Hever, Hannan

Hardcover

Series: Philological Encounters Monographs, Book 2

Literary Criticism

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ISBN10: 9004377409
ISBN13: 9789004377400
Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
Published: Apr 11 2019
Pages: 278
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
Hebrew Literature and the 1948 War: Essays on Philology and Responsibility is the first book-length study that examines the conspicuous absence of the Palestinian Nakba in modern Hebrew literature. Through a rigorous reading of canonical Hebrew literary texts, the author addresses the general failure of Hebrew literature to take responsibility for the Nakba. The book illustrates how the language of modern Hebrew poetry and fiction reflects symptoms of Israeli national violence, in which the literary language produces a picture of Palestine as an arena where the violent clash between the perpetrators and the victims takes place. In doing so, the author develops a new and critical paradigm for reflecting on the moral responsibility of literature and the ethics of reading. The book includes close readings of the works of Avot Yeshurun, S. Yizhar, Nathan Alterman, Yehuda Amichai, Yitzhak Laor, and Amos Oz, among others.

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