The Bereaved Father and His Dead Son in the Works of A. B. Yehoshua
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7304008 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mendelson-Maoz (corresponding author), Mendelson-Maoz Mendelson-Maoz (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 116-116 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Jewish Social Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-6704 • E-ISSN: 1527-2028 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/jewisocistud.17.1.116 |
| OpenAlex | W1600878437 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
In recent years, A. B. Yehoshua has been taken to task for tempering his criticism of Israeli politics and shifting closer to the political center. In this article, I shift the discussion to a historical and poetic perspective through an interpretive evaluation of the bereaved father figure in Yehoshua's oeuvre. His approach to the bereaved father has undergone a radical transformation. This is clearly seen in his latest works in which he has made the transition from a critical stance toward the bereaved father—one of the most potent images of Zionist ideology—to a more moderate position reflecting internalization and acceptance of bereavement. To investigate this development, I explore the use of the bereavement myth in several of Yehoshua's works and offer a detailed comparison of his early novella Bi-techilat kayits 1970 (Early in the Summer of 1970; 1972) and his more recent work Esh yedidutit (Friendly Fire: A Duet; 2007
Art · Criticism · Ideology · Literature · Mythology · Novella · Perspective (graphical · Poetry · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Visual arts · Gender Studies · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Middle East Politics and Society · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |