The Algerian Historical Novel; Linking the Past to the Present and Future

ISBN-13: 9781433180279 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 180 str.

Abdelkader Aoudjit

Opis

This book investigates for precisely what purpose, on what philosophical grounds, and using what techniques, Algerian novelists engage with the history of Algeria and how significantly are they different from that of traditional historical novelists.

Recenzje

"Abdelkader Aoudjit's latest work offers the reader a clear, comprehensive introduction to Algerian historiographic metafiction and a detailed analysis of six novels by prominent contemporary authors whose texts yield compelling examples of this engaging literary genre. Well-documented sources, thorough notes, and a careful, systematic presentation of relevant literary theories provide essential contextual background for and thought-provoking critical approaches to the novels for both specialists and non-specialists alike in the field of Algerian literature."-Michelle Beauclair, Seattle Pacific University; Editor of The Francophone World: Cultural Issues and Perspectives; and Author of Albert Camus, Marguerite Duras, and the Legacy of Mourning

Spis treści

Acknowledgments - National Identity, Religion, and History in Algerian Historiographic Metafiction - Warriors and Storytellers: Assia Djebar's Loin de Médine - The Enemy Is in Front of You and the Sea Behind: Rachid Boudjedra's La Prise de Gibraltar - All Geography and No History: Tahar Djaout's L'Invention du desert - Pirates and Capitalists: Waciny Laredj's La Maison andalouse - Caught between Two Religions and One God: Amin Zaoui's Le Dernier juif de Tamentit - Part Don Quixote, Part Savonarola: Mohamed Sari's Pluies d'or - Conclusion: History, Fiction, Historiographic Metafiction- Timetable of Turning Points in Algerian History and of Writers and Texts - Glossary - Works Cited - Index.

O autorze

ABDELKADER A OUDJIT is Professor of Philosophy at Northern Virginia Community College. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Georgetown University, Washington DC. He is the author of The Algerian Novel and Colonial Discourse:Witnessing to a Différend (Peter Lang, 2010) and Algerian Literature: a Reader's Guide and Anthology (Peter Lang, 2017).