Discussion article
Amos Oz in A Tale of Love and Darkness
An anachronistic call for a dialogue with the Palestinian other
This paper looks at the call for a dialogue underlying Amos Oz’s autobiographical novel A Tale of Love and
Darkness. [1] 1 As a peace activist, [2] 2 Oz depicts
the Arab Palestinian under Israeli military occupation as a victim and reintroduces himself as a new, unorthodox Jew. In this
context, the paper approaches the author-narrator’s message calling for a dialogue with the Palestinian other, albeit through a
Chekhovian solution to an existentialist conflict entangling both the Arabs and the Jews over the Question of Palestine. Thanks to
the complicity between the Western Colonial Project [3] 3 and the Zionist plan to create a Jewish
homeland in Palestine, most of the Palestinian population was expelled and dispossessed. Oz condemns that complicity and stands
out as a Jewish voice for peace. His narrative discourse implies that he is crossing a minefield while trying to help resuscitate
the current stale-mate peace process in the Middle East.
Article outline
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1.Introduction
- 1.1Historical background
- 1.2The literary scene
- 2.Literature review
- 3.The story
- 4.The tale as discourse
- A Multi-Layered Message through a Single Voice
- 5.Concluding remarks
- Notes
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