Finding identity: civilizational dimensions and cultural perspectives in an Algerian EFL post-colonial situation.

Abstract EN

The paper aims at discussing the spurred debate between the literary and cultural domains carried in an Algerian EFL situation as related to the lingual scene inherited from the colonial times and identity construction with pertinence to the post-colonial discourse.

This paper safely shares the eclectic mid-way position between (the Transcultural, Transhistorical, Interdisciplinary, Essentialist, Constructionist ) visions to identity that considers any 'healthy' identity should have its own internal fluid dynamics and aptitude to integrate smoothly with new experiences brought by foreign languages – English as Case Study- and their cultures being taught to cope with realities with respect to one's national and lingual roots.