The road from nationalism to individualism passes through aesthetics: changes in Israeli literature readers, 1950s-1990s

Literary readers express the pedagogical and literary perspectives that dominate a given era. This article examines Israeli for Junior High students from 1950s when Zionist ideals were prioritised, to 1970s – studies promoted aesthetic formalistic methods, 1990s, textbooks highlighted subjective response of young readers. These changes manifested in through selection texts as well editorial divisions into ideological categories. explores these transformations by discussing dominant while focusing on artistic elements, genres, forms.