Chaos theory from science to literature : approaching chaos in the Algerian contemporary novel

الملخص EN

The present paper sheds light on the third most important scientific theory of the twentieth century, "the chaos theory".

the central concern of the study is applying the theory to contemporary Algerian literature, in a first attempt to approach the contemporary Algerian novel with a contemporary theory and a critical approach taken from it directly.

the research benefited from the philosophical, intellectual and technical concepts of the theory such as: sensitivity to the initial conditions, strange attractors, geometry of repetitive variable (fractal), complex dynamics, and entropy.

these concepts were used to study ten Algerian novels that touched the theory.

at the end, a general result of the research into chaos theory and the application of its concepts to the contemporary Algerian novel are provided.