The Algerian New Novel: The Poetics of a Modern Nation, 1950-1979

by Valerie K Orlando and Valerie K. Orlando

Book Overview

Disputing the claim that Algerian writing during the struggle against French colonial rule dealt almost exclusively with revolutionary themes, The Algerian New Novel shows how Algerian authors writing in French actively contributed to the experimental forms of the period, expressing a new age literarily as well as politically and culturally. Looking at canonical Algerian literature as part of the larger literary production in French during...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813939623
• ISBN13: 9780813939629
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.7"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary