Language and Identity: a Rhetorical Analysis of Palestinian-Israeli Writers’ Language

• Authors: Bruria Margolin
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Palestinian-Israeli literature is the literature of a minority that is in a state of political and cultural conflict with the Jewish majority. Thus, Palestinian literature has no clear-cut definition in Israel and is not considered part of the canon of Hebrew literature. 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. This article examines the rhetorical devices Palestinian-Israeli writers use to convey their emotions and attitudes toward the Jewish majority without expressing these overtly.

Keywords

EN

Palestinian-Israeli literature; cultural conflict; rhetorical devices; figurative speech; quotations; parallel structure

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Psychology of Language and Communication
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 269-281

Dates

published

2012-12-01

online

2012-12-21

Contributors

author

Bruria Margolin

• Head, Hebrew Language Department, Levinsky College of Education, P.O. Box 48130, Tel-Aviv 61481, Israel

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10057-012-0018-4