Khelouz, Nacer
(2007)
LE ROMAN ALGÉRIEN DE L'ENTRE-DEUX-GUERRES À L'ÉPREUVE DU POLITIQUE: en lisant Robert Randau et Abdelkader Hadj Hamou.
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
The political characterization of Algerian literature under the era of colonialism has been widely discussed. Nevertheless, due to its major political dimension - more sensed than debated - scholars have focused primarily on rigid categorization and interpretive templates, at the exclusion of concepts within the texts deviating from the colonial credo. The objective remains to broaden the scope of the Algerian Interwar novel by proposing a reading cognizant of its literary fundamentals (aesthetic, tone, style, rhetoric) and subsequent interaction with ideological agendas, not necessarily in terms of a historical reinterpretation. The ambiguity inherent in the Algerian novel precludes its classification as solely a thesis novel and demands rigor in its perception as multifaceted in nature. Stemming from this, one questions the concept of a thesis novel, presupposing that intrinsic polyphony will conceive not only one, but multiple theses. Without this presupposition, the Algerian Interwar novel becomes a novel of allegiance with disregard to the subtlety and complexity of the colonial environment from which the novel evolved, leading to deprivation of its essence as a literary piece. Indeed, under the colonial regime, the novels were conscripted into the appareil idéologique d'État (Althusser). Despite apparent endorsement of the colonial ideology, the novels themselves generate their own internal mechanisms of subversion, via the creation of an intellectual movement (Algérianisme) which undermines the state-sponsored politico-artistic body. If the novel can be considered at the least as a breaking point of any univocal interpretation (as characters were not created to be the voice of the author), then one must know "that a text is not simply a line of words, yielding a sole meaning in a theological sense (the "message" of the Author/God), but rather exists as a multidimensional space where varied writings join and compete but yet none can be perceived the original source. " (Roland Barthes).The intention of this work is to render justice to these texts by a literary analysis of the writings of Robert Randau and Abdelkader Hadj Hamou. In so doing, various facets and modalities will emerge from the colonial novel which will reject the traditional interpretative readings.
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University of Pittsburgh ETD
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| Status: |
Unpublished |
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| Date: |
21 June 2007 |
| Date Type: |
Completion |
| Defense Date: |
23 April 2007 |
| Approval Date: |
21 June 2007 |
| Submission Date: |
26 April 2007 |
| Access Restriction: |
5 year -- Restrict access to University of Pittsburgh for a period of 5 years. |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > French |
| Degree: |
PhD - Doctor of Philosophy |
| Thesis Type: |
Doctoral Dissertation |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Algerianisme; entre-deux-guerres; Hadj Hamou; Randau; roman et esthetique |
| Other ID: |
http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-04262007-180525/, etd-04262007-180525 |
| Date Deposited: |
10 Nov 2011 19:42 |
| Last Modified: |
15 Nov 2016 13:42 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/7669 |
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