After the empire : the Francophone world and postcolonial France
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction: religion, politics, and literature in the Francophone Arab world. The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Amin Maalouf’s Les Croisades vues par les Arabes and Les echelles du Levant, Myriam Antaki’s Les versets du pardon -- The Arab-Israeli Conflict beyond the Middle East: Albert Memmi, Edmond Amran El Maleh, Farid Boudjellal, and Karin Albou -- The Lebanese Civil War: Andree Chedid’s La maison sans racines and Evelyne Accad’s L’excisee -- The Algerian Civil War: Rachid Boudjedra’s Le FIS de la haine, Rachid Mimouni’s De la barbarie en general et de l’integrisme en particulier, and Une enfance algerienne -- Islam and the French Republic: the affair of the Muslim headscarf in works by Tahar Ben Jelloun, Abdelwahab Meddeb, Amin Maalouf, Albert Memmi, Leila Sebbar, and Yamina Benguigui -- Portrait of a terrorist: Slimane Benaissa and Salim Bachi’s 9/11 novels -- Conclusion: the politics of translation: Francophone literature from the Arab World in the U.S.
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