Itamar Even-Zohar

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Itamar Even-Zohar (born March 23, 1939 in Tel Aviv ) is an Israeli cultural scientist and emeritus professor at Tel Aviv University .

biography

Itamar Even-Zohar was born in Tel Aviv in 1939 . From 1961 to 1964 he studied philosophy and Hebrew at Tel Aviv University , where he received his BA summa cum laude in 1966 . In 1966 he began studying comparative literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and in 1967 he also graduated with honors from his MA . In the following years Even-Zohar also studied in Oslo , Copenhagen and Stockholm . In 1972 he received his doctorate from Tel Aviv University . Since 1966 he has worked as a lecturer at various universities and research institutes in Belgium , France , Iceland , Israel , Canada , the Netherlands , Norway , Portugal , Spain and the USA . In April 2014 he was elected honorary member of the philosophical-historical class of the Austrian Academy of Sciences .

research

Itamar Even-Zohar is known for his research on the interactions between different cultures and the formation of cultures. One of his most important achievements is the development of the polysystem theory , with the help of which the dynamics and heterogeneity of culture are to be recorded. The Russian formalism of the 1920s served as his starting point .

Publications

  • Papers in Historical Poetics. Tel Aviv: Porter Institute. 1978.
  • "Polysystem Studies." Poetics Today 11: 1. Durham: Duke University Press. 1990.
  • Papers in Culture Research. Tel Aviv: The Culture Research Laboratory. 2010.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Itamar Even-Zohar's Biography.Retrieved September 24, 2014
  2. ↑ Itamar Even-Zohar's Biography.Retrieved September 24, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Even-Zohar, Itamar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli cultural scientist
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Tel Aviv