Representations of the other in modern Hebrew literature

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dc.contributor.advisorGitay, Yehoshuaen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorSpicehandler, Ezraen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGoodman, Zilla Janeen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-17T11:16:22Z
dc.date.available2016-06-17T11:16:22Z
dc.date.issued1997en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 323-332.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study posits that the concept of the Other is central in modern Hebrew literature. It traces its beginnings in Jewish thought to the Bible, and connects the creation and Eden narratives to contemporary psychoanalytic thought on ego formation and the Other. It considers the importance of the figure of the talush to the focus on the Other in modern Hebrew literature and suggests that the conflicts of the collective versus the individual that are expressed in the early stages of the literature do not disappear as it moves into the present day, but are discernible in different guise and can be seen in the burden of group consciousness which besets Hebrew authors and vitiates their attempts to configure the unique. The feminized Other is seen as especially important in this regard because of the collective textual and thus social repression of women in the tradition. Its presentation is thus taken as a useful measure of the successful resolution of individual as opposed to group narration. The modern Hebrew texts analyzed, beginning with a poem by the late Haskhalah poet, Y.L. Gordon through D. Baron, M.Y. Berdichewski, A. Kahana-Carman, S.Y. Agnon, A Appelfeld and ending with a novel by the contemporary Israeli writer, D. Grossman, support this decision as the collective is subjugated only in Kahana-Carman's text where the feminine is fully realized. The thesis examines the ways the eight narratives grapple with the awareness of the Other, and focuses on the aspects, including body, war and language, that are highlighted variously in each text. The struggles of modern Hebrew writers are also viewed as part of the difficulties entailed in the denotative endeavors of writing itself which strives, towards the always elusive Other that predates ego-formation and thus individuality itself. It is proposed that this intensifies the tensions about the Other in modern Hebrew literature which derive from its specific cultural heritage.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationGoodman, Z. J. (1997). <i>Representations of the other in modern Hebrew literature</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20041en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationGoodman, Zilla Jane. <i>"Representations of the other in modern Hebrew literature."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20041en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGoodman, Z. 1997. Representations of the other in modern Hebrew literature. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Goodman, Zilla Jane AB - This study posits that the concept of the Other is central in modern Hebrew literature. It traces its beginnings in Jewish thought to the Bible, and connects the creation and Eden narratives to contemporary psychoanalytic thought on ego formation and the Other. It considers the importance of the figure of the talush to the focus on the Other in modern Hebrew literature and suggests that the conflicts of the collective versus the individual that are expressed in the early stages of the literature do not disappear as it moves into the present day, but are discernible in different guise and can be seen in the burden of group consciousness which besets Hebrew authors and vitiates their attempts to configure the unique. The feminized Other is seen as especially important in this regard because of the collective textual and thus social repression of women in the tradition. Its presentation is thus taken as a useful measure of the successful resolution of individual as opposed to group narration. The modern Hebrew texts analyzed, beginning with a poem by the late Haskhalah poet, Y.L. Gordon through D. Baron, M.Y. Berdichewski, A. Kahana-Carman, S.Y. Agnon, A Appelfeld and ending with a novel by the contemporary Israeli writer, D. Grossman, support this decision as the collective is subjugated only in Kahana-Carman's text where the feminine is fully realized. The thesis examines the ways the eight narratives grapple with the awareness of the Other, and focuses on the aspects, including body, war and language, that are highlighted variously in each text. The struggles of modern Hebrew writers are also viewed as part of the difficulties entailed in the denotative endeavors of writing itself which strives, towards the always elusive Other that predates ego-formation and thus individuality itself. It is proposed that this intensifies the tensions about the Other in modern Hebrew literature which derive from its specific cultural heritage. DA - 1997 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1997 T1 - Representations of the other in modern Hebrew literature TI - Representations of the other in modern Hebrew literature UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20041 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/20041
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationGoodman ZJ. Representations of the other in modern Hebrew literature. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies, 1997 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20041en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentKaplan Centre for Jewish Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherHebrew Language and Literatureen_ZA
dc.titleRepresentations of the other in modern Hebrew literatureen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
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