The Algerian War Retold: Of Camus's Revolt and Postwar Reconciliation

ISBN-13: 9781032239248 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 226 str.

Meaghan Emery

Opis

The Algerian War Retold: Of Camus’s Revolt and Postwar Reconciliation focuses on specific aspects of Albert Camus’s ethical thought through a study of his writings in conjunction with late 20^th- and early 21^st-century works written by Franco-Maghrebi authors on the topic of the Algerian War (1954-1962).

Spis treści

Introduction

 

Chapter One: The Self on Trial

Silence and Language

Responsibility and Guilt

Mother, Native Land, and Justice

 

Chapter Two: The Responsible Journalist

Methods of Critical Journalism

The Responsible Editor

A Chronicle of October 17, 1961: La Seine était rouge: Paris, octobre 1961

 

Chapter Three: A Brother in Arms

Le policier, le fonctionnaire et le réfractaire

La règle d’action

Arming the Powerless With a Narrative

 

Chapter Four: The Native Son

From Soil to Ashes

To Die So Young

This is Not a Court of Justice

 

Conclusion

O autorze

Dr. Meaghan Emery is an Associate Professor of French at the University of Vermont.