Hebrew classics : a journey through Israel's timeless fiction and poetry / Dvir Abramovich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abramovich, Dvir.

Series:

Israel : society, culture, and history.

Israel : society, culture, and history

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Israeli fiction.

Israeli poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2012.

Language Note:

Translated from the Hebrew.

Summary:

In this book, Dvir Abramovich brings together a batch of timeless classical Hebrew novels, short stories, and poems, and furnishes readers with commentaries and critical readings of each landmark work. The selection of seminal texts include masterpieces from Yehuda Amichai, Haim Gouri, Amos Oz, Dvorah Baron, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Chaim Nachman Bialik, Hanoch Bartov, Shulamit Hareven, and Aharon Megged. Each interpretative essay includes a bio-graphical overview of the author whose opus is explored. This collection will prove exceptionally useful for teachers who wish to introduce their students to the treasures of contemporary Israeli fiction and are searching for reflective analyses and searching insights. Guaranteed to ignite discussion and debate, this informative and entertaining volume, written in an accessible and lively style, will appeal to a general and academic audience and will tempt readers to read or re-read these great works.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Introduction

Chapter I. An Idyll of Rural Jewish Life

Chapter II. Human Compassion as a Substitute for Divine Protection

Chapter III. Berating an Indifferent God

Chapter IV. Living in the Aftermath of the Holocaust Nightmare

Chapter V. The Damaged Personhood of Holocaust Survivors

Chapter VI. Confronting the Incomprehensible Reality of the Holocaust Universe

Chapter VII. A Clash of Generations

Chapter VIII. The Kibbutz Girl, the Arab, and the Snake, or, just a modern version of the Garden of Eden

Chapter IX. And the Righteous Shall be Rewarded

Bibliography

Index of Names and Works

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61811-075-6

OCLC:

961492771