Title: Autobiography and independence
First published: 2005
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.
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation, North African literature (French), History and criticism, Identity (Psychology) in literature, African literature, history and criticism, Self in literature
People: Mouloud Feraoun, Abdelkebir Khatibi (1938-), Assia Djebar (1936-), Albert Memmi