Ziva Ben-Porat

Ziva Ben-Porat
Born Vienna, Austria
Occupation professor, writer, and editor
Nationality Israeli
Ethnicity Jewish
Citizenship Israeli
Education Ph.D.
Alma mater Tel Aviv University and University of California, Berkeley[1]
Subject Intertextuality, poetics
Notable works "The Poetics of Literary Allusion"

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, as well as 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 1978 publication, "The Poetics of Literary Allusion", she sought to "deploy a formal notion of allusive signification 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 (Federation Internationale de Langues et Litteratures Modernes / 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 on the basis of their intertextual relations.[1][3][5]

Publications

Publications that Ben-Porat has been published in or involved with include:[1]

Activism

In August 2010, she signed a letter, along with over 150 other academics, supporting a boycott by nearly 60 theatre professionals of a cultural center built in the West Bank settlement of Ariel. They also vowed not to lecture or participate in any discussions in the settlements, stating in their letter, "We will not take part in any kind of cultural activity beyond the Green Line, take part in discussions and seminars, or lecture in any kind of academic setting in these settlements." They explained their action by stating, "We'd like to remind the Israeli public that like all settlements, Ariel is also in occupied territory. If a future peace agreement with the Palestinian authorities puts 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 after the office of the Prime Minister of Israel vetoed two people who had been nominated to also serve as judges. In the resignation letter from Ben-Porat and four other judges, they said the action by the Prime Minister's office constituted “politicization of Israel’s most important prize, which is supposed to be granted solely on the basis of professional and artistic considerations,” and raised concerns that the award would be tainted.[7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Prof. Ziva Ben-Porat". tau.ac.il. The Porter Institute for Poetics and Semiotics, Tel Aviv University. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Carnig, Jennifer (2 February 2006). Scholars to recognize Brinker’s contributions with conference. University of Chicago Chronicle 25. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Advisory Board". hlri.ca. The Holocaust Literature Research Institute. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  4. 1 2 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.
  5. ↑ "Contributors". Metamorphoses. Fall 2003. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  6. ↑ Chaim Levinson and Or Kashti (31 August 2010). "150 academics, artists back actors' boycott of settlement arts center". Haaretz. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  7. ↑ Kashti, Or (11 February 2015). "Israel Prize for Literature faces cancellation as judges resignl". Haaretz. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Authors, judges boycott Israel Prize despite PM’s backtracking". The Times of Israel. 15 February 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.

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