The star, the cross, and the crescent
Subtitle: religions and conflicts in Francophone literature from the Arab world
By: Carine Bourget.
Series: After the empire: the Francophone world and
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780739126578
Subjects: North African literature (French) -- 20th century -- History and criticism; French literature -- Arab authors -- History and criticism; French literature -- Arab countries -- History and criticism; French literature -- 20th century -- history and criticism; Islam in literature; Social conflict in literature; Politics in literature; War in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 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; title: The Arab-Israeli Conflict beyond the Middle East: Albert Memmi, Edmond Amran El Maleh, Farid Boudjellal, and Karin Albou; title: The Lebanese Civil War: Andrée Chédid's La maison sans racines and Evelyne Accad's L'Excisée; title: The Algerian Civil War: Rachid Boudjedra's Le FIS de la haine, Rachid Mimouni's De la barbarie en général et de l'intégrisme en particulier, and Une enfance algérienne; title: Islam and the French Republic: the affair of the Muslim headscarf in works by Tahar Ben Jelloun, Abdelwahab Meddeb, Amin Maalouf, Albert Memmi, Leïla Sebbar, and Yamina Benguigui; title: Portrait of a terrorist: Slimane Benaïssa and Salim Bachi's 9/11 novels; title: Conclusion: the politics of translation: Francophone literature from the Arab World in the U.S.