Autobiography and independence
Subtitle: selfhood and creativity in North African postcolonial writing in French
By: Debra Kelly
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Liverpool
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
Subjects: Feraoun, Mouloud -- Criticism and interpretation; Djebar, Assia, -- 1936- -- Criticism and interpretation; Memmi, Albert -- Criticism and interpretation; Khatibi, Abdelkebir, -- 1938- -- Criticism and interpretation; North African literature (French) -- History and criticism; Identity (Psychology) in literature
Description: Kelly explores the relationship between the writer's self and literary expression through a study of the work of four North African writers and their complex relationship to language demonstrating the importance of their work as a way of restoring cultural memory denied by colonialism and nationalism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 380-390) and index