Resurrecting Mythopoetic Representations of (French) Algeria

Authors

  • Gina Marie Breen

Abstract

This article explores the French-Algerian experiences of authors Assia Djebar and Albert Camus, specifically focusing on how they address Algerian space and time through the use of myth and memory. By providing a comparative analysis of their works, Le Premier Homme (1994) and Le Blanc de l‘Algérie (1995), which blend fiction and autobiography, we will form a new comprehensive, collective memory, and contribute to what I define as mythopoetics - the process of creating repeated commonplaces, which are used to describe a place or an event, and transmitted from one author to another.

Author Biography

Gina Marie Breen

Gina Marie Breen holds a Ph.D. in French Literature from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. She is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Francophone Studies at St. Lawrence University where she teaches French language and culture, as well as literature and film from the Maghreb. Her research interests include 20th and 21st Century Francophone Literature and Film, Mediterranean Studies, Postcolonial Studies, and Foreign Language Pedagogy. She has given papers at numerous film and literature conferences, focusing on representations of French-Algerian identity and conflict.

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Published

2018-08-15

Issue

No. 112 (2018)

Section

Articles