Political Vision in the Contemporary Hebrew Novel

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Abstract

The novel has a goal and a message in addition to the pursuit of entertainment, and just as literature is linked to politics, the novel appeared in its contemporary form influenced by the writer's political vision of one or more issues of his society. Through the novel, the writer can call for rebellion against ideas, doctrines and political theories distancing oneself from dominant currents.
The study seeks to clarify the features of this literary phenomenon by applying it to a recent work of fiction issued in Hebrew in Israel, seeking a more accurate and comprehensive knowledge of the fluctuations of Zionist society, which some portray in a utopian image, and others in a dystopian one.
The choice of the Israeli writer "Ophir Gavla", who resorted to symbolism to monitor the future behavior of different classes vis-à-vis the current practices of Zionism, taking clear intellectual positions herein. His novel, “The Day the Music Died,” was chosen to be the subject of this study, being a contemporary novel. So, we can make the study results more identical to what is already in the Israeli society.
Research Aims:
-       An attempt to identify the nature and manifestations of the influence of political vision on the novel.
-       Crystallizing the Israeli writer "Ofir Gavla" 's vision of contemporary Israeli reality.
-       Getting to know the future vision of Israeli society from the writer's perspective through analytical study of the content of the novel under study.
-       Find out the previous creative streams that may have affected the literary work.
Research Methodology:

The descriptive and analytical approach is considered the most appropriate research method for the study, since the analysis of describing the reality and variables that affected; so it is considered the main pillar for understanding the conditions for the growth of ideas, opinions and trends contained in the novel.

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