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Ziva Ben-Porat is a literary theorist, writer, and editor who lives in Israel and is a professor at Tel Aviv University . [1] [2] [3]
Personal life
Ben-Porat graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English and Hebrew literature and a master’s degree in English literature from Tel Aviv University, and a doctorate in comparative literature from University of California, Berkeley . [1]
She lived for many years in Re’im , a kibbutz in southern Israel.
Work
According to Jeremy Dauber, in Ben-Porat’s notable 1976 publication, “The Poetics of Literary Allusion,” she sought to “deploy a formal notion of allusive meaning to frame specific readings of literary works.” [4]
From 1993 to 2008, Ben-Porat was editor-in-chief of Sifrut / Mashmaut / Tarbut (English: Literature / Meaning / Culture ), a series of academic books published by HaKibbutz HaMeuchad in Hebrew. From 2000 to 2008, she was director of The Porter Institute for Poetics and Semiotics. She was vice president of FILMM (International Federation of Languages and Modern Literatures / International Federation for Modern Language and Literatures) from 2002 to 2005. [1]
She is currently a poetry and comparative literature professor at Tel Aviv University. Her academic work includes a focus on cognitive intertextuality, cultural memory, and cultural representations. Ben-Porat also works on CULTOS, a digital library of multimedia linked to the basis of their intertextual relations. [1] [3] [5]
Publications
Publications that Ben-Porat has published with: [1]
- “The Poetics of Literary Allusion”, PTL 1, 1976 [4]
- Poetics Today , “Method in Madness: Notes on the Structure of Parody, based on TV Satires”, 1979
- Lyrical Poetry & the Lyrics of Pop , Tel Aviv (Hebrew), 1989
- Literary Pragmatics , “Two Way Pragmatics: From World to Text and Back”, London, 1991
- Autumn in Hebrew Poetry , Tel Aviv (Hebrew), 1991
- Poetics Today , “Poetics of the Homeric Similie and Theory of [Poetic] Similie.”, 1993
- The Psychology and Sociology of Literature , “Sad Autumn and Cultural Representations: A Comparative Study of Japanese and Israeli Autumn”, 2001
- Journal of Romance Studies , London, 2003
Activism
In August 2010, she wrote a letter, along with other technical advice, supporting a boycott by nearly 60 theater professionals in a cultural center built in the West Bank settlement of Ariel . They also want to read or participate in any discussions in the settlements, stating in their letter, “We will take part in any kind of cultural activity beyond the Green Line, take part in discussions and seminars, or read in any kind of academic setting in these settlements. ” They explained their action by stating, “Ariel is also in occupied territory.” A future peace agreement with the Palestinian authorities Ariel within Israel’s borders, then it will be treated like any other Israeli town.[6]
In February 2015, Ben-Porat joined four others in resigning as a judge of the Israel Prize for Literature partner after the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel vetoed two people Who HAD beens aussi Nominated to serve as judges. In the resignation letter of Ben-Porat and other judges, they said the action of the Prime Minister’s Office, “politicization of Israel’s most important prize, which is supposed to be Concerned that the award would be tainted. [7] [8]
References
- ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f “Prof. Ziva Ben-Porat” . tau.ac.il . The Porter Institute for Poetics and Semiotics, Tel Aviv University . Retrieved 27 March 2015 .
- Jump up^ Carnig, Jennifer (2 February 2006). Scholars to recognize Brinker’s contributions with conference . University of Chicago Chronicle . 25 . Retrieved 27 March 2015 .
- ^ Jump up to:a b “Advisory Board” . hlri.ca . The Holocaust Literature Research Institute . Retrieved 27 March 2015 .
- ^ Jump up to:a b Dauber, Jeremy (2 Jun 2004). Antonio’s Devils: Writers of the Jewish Enlightenment and the Birth of Modern Hebrew and Yiddish Literature . Google Books . Stanford University Press. p. 43 . Retrieved 27 March 2015 .
- Jump up^ “Contributors” . Metamorphoses . Fall 2003 . Retrieved 27 March 2015 .
- Jump up^ Chaim Levinson and Or Kashti (31 August 2010). “150 academics, artists back actors’ boycott of settlement arts center” . Haaretz . Retrieved 27 March 2015 .
- Jump up^ Kashti, Gold (11 February 2015). “Israel Prize for Literature faces cancellation as judges resignl” . Haaretz . Retrieved 27 March 2015 .
- Jump up^ “Authors, judges boycott Israel Prize DESPITE PM’s backtracking” . The Times of Israel . February 15, 2015 . Retrieved 27 March 2015 .