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About Me

I earned my Ph.D. at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where I taught for many years. What I like about teaching is the opportunity for dialogue. The intimate atmosphere of the department at Bar Illan allows for my preferable kind of teaching, which is discussion rather than frontal lectures. For me, learning is not a systematic, linear, accumulation of knowledge. In my view, knowledge and understanding come from different directions; something that is perceived eludes and than is unexpectedly reacquired – a dynamic which a good dialogue in class always illustrates. Everything I have researched recently was stimulated from my teaching experience, including the book I wrote on the American writer Raymond Carver, whose stories I taught in introductory classes to fiction. The book reflects my interest in modern fiction and theory of fiction, which have led me to the encounter between literature and the visual arts, especially photography.

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Oct 1993Oct 2002

Award Date: 1 Oct 2002

Research

  • Fields of Interest
  • Interdisciplinary Research in Literature
  • Literature and Visual Arts
  • תחומי מחקר
  • ספרות ואמנות חזותית
  • בין־תחומיות בספרות
  • תורת הסיפור
  • תודעה בסיפורת
  • סיפורת מודרנית ופוסט-מודרנית
  • ספרות ואמנות פלסטית
  • ספרות וצילום
  • כתיבת סיפורי חיים

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