Lectures mythophores des recits de l'origine dans N'zid de Malika Mokeddem

Authors

Mireille Rosello, Northwestern University

Abstract

In 1957, Barthes critiqued the omnipresence of imperialist myths. Is his study of the collusion between myths and colonialism still relevant today? Rather than looking for a new canon of postcolonial myths, Rosello proposes to distinguish between two critical stances: demystification and demythification. Rosello suggests that literature can afford to take the risk of mythification through a reading of a "mythoforic" novel: Malika Mokeddem's N'zid, a text that remythifies and demystifies the opposition between nomads and sedentaries.

Recommended Citation

Rosello, Mireille (2004) "Lectures mythophores des recits de l'origine dans N'zid de Malika Mokeddem," Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature: Vol. 62: No. 1, Article 5.
Available at: https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pf/vol62/iss1/5