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Between God and Beast : An Examination of Amos Oz’s Prose / Avraham Balaban.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [1993]Copyright date: 1993Description: 1 online resource (268 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780271097664
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 892.4/36 20
LOC classification:
  • PJ5054.O9 Z5913 1993
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- AUTHOR'S NOTE -- PREFACE -- 1 BETWEEN KLAUSNER AND OZ A Biographical Note -- 2 INTRODUCTION TO OZ The Early Stories -- 3 BETWEEN GOD AND BEAST Religious Aspects of Oz's Work -- 4 WATER AND SKY Water Images and Female Characters -- 5 WAR AND PEACE The Element of Synthesis -- APPENDIX On the Structure of Where the Jackals Howl -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX TO THE WORKS
Summary: In Between God and Beast, Avraham Balaban argues that Oz's fiction has, from the outset, followed Jung's psychological theory. The major psychic processes that are depicted throughout Oz's prose are typically Jungian. For example, the treasure hunt, which is the deep structure of many of Oz's stories and novels, reflects the search for the "self" in which all the vying forces of one's psyche coexist peacefully. Oz uses many of the symbols of the treasure as well as of the self as they are presented by Jung. Many of the symbols examined in this study have never before been discussed in articles about Oz's writings. Balaban also devotes a considerable portion of his study to the religious dimension of Oz's work as well as the impact of his personal life on his writings. Balaban reveals that from the beginning Oz's work has moved in two directions: it demonstrates an unceasing effort to delve ever deeper into the dark side of consciousness while heightening the contrast between the opposing elements vying within his protagonists; and it consistently attempts to bring those oppositions to peaceful coexistence and even to a fruitful mutual relationship.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- AUTHOR'S NOTE -- PREFACE -- 1 BETWEEN KLAUSNER AND OZ A Biographical Note -- 2 INTRODUCTION TO OZ The Early Stories -- 3 BETWEEN GOD AND BEAST Religious Aspects of Oz's Work -- 4 WATER AND SKY Water Images and Female Characters -- 5 WAR AND PEACE The Element of Synthesis -- APPENDIX On the Structure of Where the Jackals Howl -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX TO THE WORKS

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In Between God and Beast, Avraham Balaban argues that Oz's fiction has, from the outset, followed Jung's psychological theory. The major psychic processes that are depicted throughout Oz's prose are typically Jungian. For example, the treasure hunt, which is the deep structure of many of Oz's stories and novels, reflects the search for the "self" in which all the vying forces of one's psyche coexist peacefully. Oz uses many of the symbols of the treasure as well as of the self as they are presented by Jung. Many of the symbols examined in this study have never before been discussed in articles about Oz's writings. Balaban also devotes a considerable portion of his study to the religious dimension of Oz's work as well as the impact of his personal life on his writings. Balaban reveals that from the beginning Oz's work has moved in two directions: it demonstrates an unceasing effort to delve ever deeper into the dark side of consciousness while heightening the contrast between the opposing elements vying within his protagonists; and it consistently attempts to bring those oppositions to peaceful coexistence and even to a fruitful mutual relationship.

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