"מה זה פה-תל חי?! לסגת מיד!" - אלמנטים של הומור ברומן הטנק של אסף ענברי כאמצעי לפירוק נרטיב מיתולוגי מן ההיסטוריה הישראלית החדשה

The novel The Tank by Assaf Anbari tells of a historical event in the War of Liberation that takes place at the entrance of Kibbutz Degania A, a battle between Israeli fighters and Syrian tanks manned by Syrian soldiers. One of the Israeli fighters succeeds in subduing the Syrian tank and its crew, thus bringing about a military decision in the battle. This event that takes place in the space that represents in Israeli culture the beginnings of pioneering and kibbutz ideology, Degania A, becomes a symbol of fighting and heroism. However, from a historical point of view there seems to be no consensus on the identity of the soldier who stopped the Syrian tank. The narrator examines this issue by focusing on five characters who each of them claims is the one who stopped the Syrian tank and brought the battle to a conclusion, as the battle was fixed in her mind. Throughout the length of the text, the narrator relies on humor of its various types as a means of allowing the examination of the different versions that exist about the course of the battle and the different versions that exist about the identity of the soldier who stopped the Syrian tank.The paper seeks to examine the design of the place where the battle took place as well as the design of the presentation of one of the members of the economy known as one of those who stopped the Syrian tank in the battle. It seems that the narrator glorifies Kibbutz Degania and one of the tank guards who is a member of the Kibbutz. However, it presents details and thoughts of the characters and landmarks from the course of their lives since the battle, but it can be said that it does not come to a ruling and a clear decision regarding the choice of the real version and the decision on the identity of the heroic fighter who stopped the tank.