Traversée de l'angoisse et poétique de l'espoir chez Malika Mokeddem

Authors

Margot Miller, University of Maryland, College Park

Abstract

Psychological detachment is often presented as an exile from which there is no return. The works of Malika Mokeddem illustrate the lack of social support for psychic space of the individual who passes through anxiety and ends in psychological detachment. This article proposes to show, in L 'interdite and N'zid, how Mokeddem affirms nevertheless hope for recovery from this state. It also demonstrates the link between hope and mobility of the body, as well as of words, which must cross the spaces of anxiety in order to find community and the "inestimable freedom" (L'interdite, p. 132) that support and permit awareness of belonging in the world.

Recommended Citation

Miller, Margot (2002) "Traversée de l'angoisse et poétique de l'espoir chez Malika Mokeddem," Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature: Vol. 58: No. 1, Article 12.
Available at: https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pf/vol58/iss1/12