
Since 1948
Israeli Literature in the Making
- 306 pages
- English
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Since 1948
Israeli Literature in the Making
About this book
A portrait of Israeli literature in its full transnational and multilingual complexity.
2021 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title
Toward the end of the twentieth century, an unprecedented surge of writing altered the Israeli literary scene in profound ways. As fresh creative voices and multiple languages vied for recognition, diversity replaced consensus. Genres once accorded lower status-such as the graphic novel and science fiction-gained readership and positive critical notice. These trends ushered in not only the discovery and recovery of literary works but also a major rethinking of literary history. In Since 1948, scholars consider how recent voices have succeeded older ones and reverberated in concert with them; how linguistic and geographical boundaries have blurred; how genres have shifted; and how canon and competition have shaped Israeli culture. Charting surprising trajectories of a vibrant, challenging, and dynamic literature, the contributors analyze texts composed in Hebrew, Yiddish, and Arabic; by Jews and non-Jews; and by Israelis abroad as well as writers in Israel. What emerges is a portrait of Israeli literature as neither minor nor regional, but rather as transnational, multilingual, and worthy of international attention.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction Under Construction: A Kind of Festschrift for Israeli Literature
- Part One:Through Time: Silences, Voices, Echoes
- Part Two: Across Language and Territory: Literature and Identity
- Part Three: Between the Lines: Rethinking Genres
- Part Four: Concerning Canons
- Appendix A Canaanite Story: “The Lord Be Praised”
- On Our Bookshelf
- Contributors
- Back Cover