Autobiography and independence : selfhood and creativity in North African postcolonial writing in French /

This book offers an in-depth study of the autobiographical writings of four twentieth-century writers from North Africa, Assia Djebar, Mouloud Feraoun, Abdelkébir Khatibi and Albert Memmi, as they explore issues of language, identity and the individual?s relationship to history. The book places the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kelly, Debra (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2005.
Series:Contemporary French and francophone cultures ; 2.
Subjects:
Feraoun, Mouloud > Criticism and interpretation.
Djebar, Assia, > 1936-2015 > Criticism and interpretation.
Memmi, Albert > Criticism and interpretation.
Khatibi, Abdelkebir, > 1938- > Criticism and interpretation.
Djebar, Assia, > 1936-2015
Feraoun, Mouloud
Khatibi, Abdelkebir, > 1938-
Memmi, Albert
Feraoun, Mouloud > 1913-1962
Memmi, Albert > 1920-2020
Ḫaṭībī, ʻAbd-al-Kabīr > 1938-2009
Djebar, Assia > 1936-2015 > L' amour, la fantasia
North African literature (French) > History and criticism.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Littérature maghrébine (française) > Histoire et critique.
Identité (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
Identity (Psychology) in literature
North African literature (French)
Autobiografische Literatur
Autobiografieën.
Bellettrie.
Postkolonialisme.
Frans.
Frankophones Afrika
Noord-Afrika.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Copyright Acknowledgements; Introduction : A Place in the Word; 1 : Life/Writing in the Colonial and Postcolonial Contexts; 2 : Mouloud Feraoun : Life Story, Life-Writing, History; 3: Albert Memmi : Fictions of Identity and the Quest for Truth; 4 : Abdelkébir Khatibi : The Deciphering of Memory and the Potential of Postcolonial Identity; 5: Assia Djebar : History, Selfhood and the Possession of Knowledge; Conclusion : A Place in the World; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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