Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature
Abstract
We would like to present some examples of the French Mystery Novel as it is being written by sub-Saharan and Maghrebin authors, as Yasmina Khadra, an author from Algeria. After outlining a history of the genre itself, we will follow a few of the thematic trails taken up by the authors in question. We would like to call specific attention to the strategies of transformation, appropriation and transmutation being used on an already well defined and respected genre whose roots lie in a completely different cultural background (European and North American).
Recommended Citation
Naudillon, Françoise
(2003)
"Black Polar,"
Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature: Vol. 60:
No.
1, Article 7.
Available at:
https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pf/vol60/iss1/7
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