Nancy Ezer

Nancy Ezer (Hebrew: נַנְסִי עֶזֶר‎) is a scholar, critic of Hebrew literature, author, and Senior Lecturer in Hebrew in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Nancy Ezer
OccupationInstructor, Author
NationalityIsraeli Jew, United States
Alma materTel Aviv University, University of California, Los Angeles
GenreHebrew literature
Notable worksLiterature and Ideology

Education

She earned her B.A. from Tel Aviv University as well as a teaching certificate. She received her master's degree in 1983 and her Ph.D in Hebrew literature, also from UCLA in 1987.[1]

Teaching Experience

Ezer has been teaching in UCLA since 1987. She offers courses in all levels of Hebrew and was conferred the Distinguished Teaching Award in 2007.[2] Ezer was also recognized in 2008 by the UCLA Office of Instructional Development for her technological achievement in successfully creating an electronic Hebrew workbook in order to facilitate the assimilation of the Hebrew language. [3] In addition to her native Hebrew, she is also fluent in English and Arabic and also has working knowledge of French and Yiddish. Ezer is an active member of the National Association of Professors of Hebrew, and since 2005, she has served as the Book Review Editor of Hebrew Higher Education.

Publications
  • Literature and Ideology, Papyrus Publishing House at Tel Aviv University, Israel, 1992
  • From the Melancholy of an Individual to the Melancholy of a Social Class: From Brenner’s Breakdown and Bereavement to Shabtai’s Past Continuous, Dappim Research in Literature, Haifa University, Israel, 2002

Her various articles examine Modern and Post-Modern Hebrew novels, interrogating their rhetorical treatments of the Zionist meta-narrative and their conceptualization of an Israeli identity through various genres and literary modes.

References
  1. "Citations search: UCLA NELC Website - Nancy Ezer". Archived from the original on 2012-02-11. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
  2. "Citations search: UCLA Teaching Award Recipients". Archived from the original on 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
  3. "Citations search: UCLA Office of Instructional Development - Faculty Experiences: Nancy Ezer". Retrieved 2012-05-14.
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