Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature
Abstract
This article concerns itself with the representations of space in the novels of Azouz Begag and Thomté Ryam. The author observes that from the chaâba to the banlieue, one can assert that the distribution of space suggests the exclusion and the negation of France’s postcolonial other. Ultimately, the article contends that if Beur fiction was pivotal in shedding light on injustice, the banlieue novel blends aesthetics and politics to call for a different France, one in which assimilation and difference can be transcended.
Recommended Citation
Mba Ekani, Lise
(2013)
"Du chaâba à la banlieue : espaces et négation de l’autre chez Azouz Begag et Thomté Ryam,"
Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature: Vol. 80:
No.
1, Article 5.
Available at:
https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pf/vol80/iss1/5
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