Subject: The Language of Avot Yeshurun - a Linguistic-Intertextual View
Abstract: My main field of interest is Modern Hebrew Poetry, which I study from a linguistic point of view and by using literary theory. My MA thesis examined the linguistic characteristics and stylistic choices of Avot Yeshurun’s early poetry. I have demonstrated how Yeshurun used registers of pre-existent Hebrew texts, how contemporary poets influenced him, and how he began to form his unique style. For the research of the latter, I have compared manuscripts of his poems. In my PhD dissertation, under the supervision of Prof. Elitzur Bar-Asher Siegal and Dr. Roy Greenwald (BGU), I will concentrate on writing a full linguistic description of Yeshurun's poetry. In addition I will study how Yeshurun implemented a linguistic ideology of using spoken language and dialects in his writing, that have no official written representation in Hebrew.
Another poet that I find interest in her writing is Hedva Harechavi. I have initiated the first academic conference dedicated to her work that took place in April 2021 at the Hebrew University. Writing about these two poets, I integrate topics that are part of the broader research of Hebrew Literature and its language – such as the influences of ancient Hebrew periods on the language of Modern Hebrew Poetry, or literary editing as a process towards an integration of one's poetic style.
Supervisor: Elitzur Bar-Asher Siegal, Roy Greenwald
Publications:
"'תַּמֻּ כֵּלִים וְנִקֻּד': על הניקוד בשירת אבות ישורון", קובץ מאמרים על אבות ישורון, יראה אור בהוצאת מאגנס (התקבל לפרסום)
"הפן הפרשני בתרגומי 'השבר הסורי אפריקני' של אבות ישורון", מכאן כה (2024), עמ' 261–290
President Scholarship 2020/21
MA Honors 2018/19
