Quand on vient aussi de l’autre monde: appartenance(s), conflit(s) et déchirement(s) dans L’enfant des deux mondes de Karima Berger

Authors

Carla Calargé, University of Texas Pan-American

Abstract

My essay analyzes Karima Berger’s first novel, L’enfant des deux mondes (1989). The author who has been living in France for more than 25 years tells the story of a Muslim Arab girl (herself ?) educated in the French school system of pre-independent Algeria. In this study, I examine linguistic, cultural and religious issues raised by the novel in an effort to identify the factors that keep the protagonist imprisoned in a permanent state of being in-between-two-worlds without fully belonging to any of them.

Recommended Citation

Calargé, Carla (2009) "Quand on vient aussi de l’autre monde: appartenance(s), conflit(s) et déchirement(s) dans L’enfant des deux mondes de Karima Berger," Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature: Vol. 72: No. 1, Article 10.
Available at: https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pf/vol72/iss1/10