
Chana Kronfeld
Title
Professor
Department
Dept of Comparative Literature
Dept of Near Eastern Studies
Faculty URL
Research Group
Email
Phone
(510) 642-3757
Fax
(510) 643-8430
Research Expertise and Interest
comparative literature, modernism, Hebrew, Yiddish, modern poetry, minor literatures, politics of literary history, feminist stylistics, intertextuality, translation studies
Research Description
Chana Kronfeld is the Bernie H. Williams Professor of Comparative Literature & Near Eastern Studies. She teaches Hebrew, Yiddish and Comparative Literature with a special emphasis on modern poetry. She is interested in modernism, minor literatures, the politics of literary history, feminist stylistics, intertextuality, and translation studies.