The power of signifying and polarisation in ayi kwei armah’s the beautyful ones are not yet born (1968)‎ and rachid mimoun’s le fleuve détourné (1982)‎

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This article is an attempt to present new directions for understanding MouloudFeraoun’sLa terreetle sang (1953).

By considering Walter Benjamin’s theoreticalreflections, with a particular interest in his concept of «Storytelling », the task is to show thatFeraoun can neither be regarded simply as a transmitter and a translator of the popular verbnor the reproducer of specific cultural patterns, but an artist with a rich and fertile imagination.The present paper examines the novelas an embodiment of the community-created culture and counter-colonial discourse making of its author a self-assertive community agent with the potential for forging a new historically informed identity.