Language and Identity: The Language of Palestinian-Israeli Writers - Softcover

Margolin, Bruria

 
9783659519871: Language and Identity: The Language of Palestinian-Israeli Writers

Synopsis

Palestinian-Israeli literature is the literature of a minority that is in a state of political and cultural conflict with the Jewish minority. To be considered legitimate by the Jewish majority, Palestinian-Israeli writers must disguise their political and cultural conflict with the majority culture and refrain from creating literature that is stereotyped or socially engaged. The first chapter examines the rhetorical devices Palestinian-Israeli writers use to convey their emotions and attitudes toward the Jewish majority without expressing these overtly. The second chapter describes the different coherent patterns of Contemporary Hebrew prose and Palestinian-Israeli prose. These differences are demonstrated in the third chapter through a bilingual Palestinian-Israeli author's writing.

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About the Author

Dr. Bruria Margolin is the head of Hebrew Language Department at Levinsky College of Education in Tel-Aviv. Her research interests include syntax and style in Modern Hebrew and Modern Arabic, discourse analysis and constrastive rhetoric.Adress: Levinsky College of Education, Tel-Aviv, 61481.

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