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Auteur(s) : Aoudjit, Abdelkader
Titre(s) : The Algerian historical novel [Texte imprimé] : linking the past to the present and future / Abdelkader Aoudjit
Publication : New York : Peter Lang, copyright 2020
Description matérielle : 179 pages ; 24 cm
Collection : Francophone cultures & literatures ; vol. 68
Lien à la collection : Francophone cultures and literatures
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references p. 167-174 and index
"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"
Sujet(s) : Roman historique français -- 20e siècle
Roman algérien de langue française -- 20e siècle
Caractère national -- Dans la littérature
Intégrisme islamique -- Dans la littérature
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781433180279. - ISBN 1433180278. - ISBN 9781433177019 (erroné). - ISBN 9781433177026
(erroné). - ISBN 9781433177033 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb467042450
Notice n° :
FRBNF46704245
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction: 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 désert ; 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 Sar's Pluies d'or ; Conclusion: History, Fiction, Historiographic Metafiction.
