ملامح وأشكال الهوية في رواية فضل الليل على النهار لياسمينة خضرا

Abstract EN

In this paper, we examine previous studies that dealt with the subject of identity in the novel “what the day owes the night”, written by francophone Algerian writer Yasmina Khadra.

it was translated from French by Mohamed Sari, and in addition to the translation, werefer, in this work, now and then to the original text in French.

furthermore, wetackle the concept of identity and touch upon its different aspects and forms as included in the novel.

the latter is characterized by multiple voices, i.e.

a polyphonic novel as coined by Mikhail Bakhtin, and in being so, it allows us to track these forms.

weun cover, the type of relation ship between all involved identities, and how the novel present edit through certain narrative elements such as character and setting.

in the end, we look into what this literary work has to say about the subject of identity, as well as newly-presented insights on the matter