Narrative space as an expression of the theme of silence in three novels by Malika Mokeddem
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Issue
Vol. 18, Issue 2 (31 Dec. 2021), pp.203-214, 12 p.
Publisher
University Kasdi Merbah Ouargla Faculty of Arts and Languages
Publication Date
2021-12-31
Country of Publication
Algeria
No. of Pages
12
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Abstract EN
The Algerian Sahara is one of the most long-standing myths and motifs in literature.
This locus became the favorite geographical as well as cultural space in numerous reports and works by geographers, soldiers, explorers, adventurers, expeditors, poets, painters, and writers.
The present paper proposes to study the representation of Algerian Sahara in three novels by Malika Mokeddem.
The corpus includes Le Siècle des sauterelles (1992), L’Interdite (1993) and La nuit de la lézarde (1998).
Many researchers have explored the politics and poetics of space in Malika Mokeddem’s fiction; however, no one has commented on the use of the desert as an expression of silence.
The study demonstrates that Mokeddem used this space to express the unsayable and to deconstruct the colonial representation of the Algerian Sahara.
Abstract FRE
Le Sahara algérien est l’un des plus anciens motifs et mythes dans la littérature.
Ce lieu est devenu un paysage géographique et culturel favori dans de nombreux rapports et œuvres littéraires et artistiques des aventuriers, expéditeurs, peintres, militaires, poètes et écrivains français en particulier pendant l’expansion de l’empire Français en Afrique du Nord.
Cet article étudie la représentation du Sahara Algérien dans trois romans de Malika Mokeddem.
Le corpus inclut Le Siècle des sauterelles (1992), L’Interdite (1993) et La nuit de la lézarde (1998).
Cette étude montre que Mokeddem a choisi ce lieu géographique comme espace pour exprimer l’inexprimable et déconstruire la représentation coloniale du désert
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sihim, Saibi. 2021. Narrative space as an expression of the theme of silence in three novels by Malika Mokeddem. al-Athar،Vol. 18, no. 2, pp.203-214.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1296937
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sihim, Saibi. Narrative space as an expression of the theme of silence in three novels by Malika Mokeddem. al-Athar Vol. 18, no. 2 (Dec. 2021), pp.203-214.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1296937
American Medical Association (AMA)
Sihim, Saibi. Narrative space as an expression of the theme of silence in three novels by Malika Mokeddem. al-Athar. 2021. Vol. 18, no. 2, pp.203-214.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1296937
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 214
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BIM-1296937