Algerian War in French/algerian Writing - Literary Sites of Memory

This book analyses representations of the Algerian War of Independence (1954-62) in the literary output of French authors of Algerian origin, problematising the extent to which these literary 'sites of memory' provide appropriate spaces of consensus for hitherto competing memories of the war.

Summary

This book analyses representations of the Algerian War of Independence (1954–62) in the literary output of French authors of Algerian origin, problematising the extent to which these literary ‘sites of memory’ provide appropriate spaces of consensus for hitherto competing memories of the war.

Product details

• Authors: John Doe, Jonathan Lewis, TBD
• Assisted by: Jonathan Lewis (Editor), Lewis Jonathan (Editor)
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781786833044
• ISBN: 978-1-78683-304-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: French and Francophone Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; memory, French, War, Writing, HISTORY / Europe / France, HISTORY / Africa / North, LITERARY CRITICISM / African, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, of, Literary, Algeria, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literary studies: postcolonial literature, Algerian, Sites