Nancy E. Berg & Naomi B. Sokoloff 
Since 1948 [EPUB ebook] 
Israeli Literature in the Making

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.

Tabela de Conteúdo

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments



Introduction: Under Construction: A Kind of Festschrift for Israeli Literature


Nancy E. Berg and Naomi B. Sokoloff




Part One: Through Time: Silences, Voices, Echoes



Not One, but Five Moments of Silence: On the Poetics and Politics of Asking for Silence


Eran Tzelgov



Sounding the Mizrachi Voice:
Hafla Thematics from the
Ma’abarah to the Post‑Arabic Novel


Michal Raizen



Anthological Poetics: Reading Amichai and Halfi in Liberal Prayerbooks


Wendy I. Zierler




Part Two: Across Language and Territory: Literature and Identity



When Yiddish Was Young in Israel
Shachar PinskerA Canaanite Story: Language, National Identity, and the 1948 War


Yael Dekel



Hebrew Unbound: Alternative Homelands in the New World


Melissa Weininger




Part Three: Between the Lines: Rethinking Genres



From Here to Elsewhere and Back in Israeli‑Hebrew Children’s Literature


Shai Ginsburg



‘The pigs were my best friends’: Animals and the Holocaust in Alona Frankel’s Memoirs


Naomi B. Sokoloff



Stalagim: At the Limits of Israeli Literature


Eric Zakim




Part Four: Concerning Canons



Disruptive Nativity: The Poetry of Rina Shani and the Sixties in Israel


Riki Traum



Asaf Schurr and the Critique of Postmodernism in Contemporary Hebrew Literature


Yaron Peleg



‘And the Winner Is . . .’: The Economy of Literary Awards


Nancy E. Berg



Appendix: A Canaanite Story: ‘The Lord Be Praised’


Eitan Notev



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Contributors

Index

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Nancy E. Berg is Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at Washington University in St. Louis. Her previous books include
Exile from Exile: Israeli Writers from Iraq, , also published by SUNY Press.
Naomi B. Sokoloff is Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization at the University of Washington. Her previous books include
Imagining the Child in Modern Jewish Fiction. Together, Berg and Sokoloff are the coeditors of
What We Talk about When We Talk about Hebrew (and What It Means to Americans), winner of the National Jewish Book Award for anthologies and collections.