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The Algerian historical novel : linking the past to the present and future / Abdelkader Aoudjit.
Van Pelt Library PQ3988.5.A4 A58 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aoudjit, Abdelkader, author.
- Series:
- Francophone cultures and literatures ; v. 68.
- Francophone cultures & literatures ; vol. 68
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Algerian fiction (French)--20th century--History and criticism.
- Algerian fiction (French).
- Historical fiction, French--History and criticism.
- Historical fiction, French.
- National characteristics in literature.
- Islamic fundamentalism in literature.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 179 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., [2020]
- Summary:
- "During the last thirty years, Algerian novelists have shown and continue to show a marked interest in the history of their country; some of them, however, approach the past in a manner that is significantly different from that of traditional historical novelists. The Algerian Historical Novel: Linking the Past to the Present and Future investigates for precisely what purpose, on what philosophical grounds, and using what techniques, novelists Rachid Boudjedra (La Prise de Gibraltar), Tahar Djaout (L'Invention du désert), Assia Djebar (Loin de Médine), Waciny Laredj (La Maison andalouse), Mohamed Sari (Pluies d'or), and Amin Zaoui (Le Dernier juif de Tamentit) engage with the history of Algeria. It also examines what the study of these authors can contribute to the larger debate concerning what this type of historical fiction can do with or reveal about the past that history as a discipline and the traditional historical novel cannot. The author advocates that La Prise de Gibraltar, L'Invention du désert, Loin de Médine, La Maison andalouse, Pluies d'or, and Le Dernier juif de Tamentit are best read as works of historiographic metafiction. He argues that these novels combine poststructuralist ideas and postmodernist narrative techniques to draw attention to previously neglected people and events in history and provide revised perspectives on them and others and, more importantly, to problematize the way Algerian history is thought and is used to address two major social and political concerns confronting Algerians: national identity and religious fundamentalism. The Algerian Historical Novel: Linking the Past to the Present and future is highly recommended to students, scholars, and general readers interested in Algerian literature and in historiographic metafiction"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. One Warriors and Storytellers: Assia Djebar's Loin de Mediae
- ch. Two The Enemy Is in Front of You and the Sea Behind: Rachid Boudjedra's La Prise de Gibraltar
- ch. Three All Geography and No History: Tahar Djaout's L'lnvention du desert
- ch. Four Pirates and Capitalists: Waciny Laredj's La Maison andalouse
- ch. Five Caught between Two Religions and One God: Amin Zaoui's Le Dernierjuifde Tamentit
- ch. Six Part Don Quixote, Part Savonarola: Mohamed Sari's Pluies d'or.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Aoudjit, Abdelkader, The Algerian historical novel
- ISBN:
- 9781433180279
- 1433180278
- OCLC:
- 1149246248
- Publisher Number:
- 99987025022
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