Study of Contemporary Algerian Literature in French : analysis from the viewpoint of women, immigration, and war

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370362
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: European literature
• Research Institution: Shizuoka University of Art and Culture
• Principal Investigator: ISHIKAWA Kiyoko 静岡文化芸術大学, 文化政策学部, 教授 (30329528)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: アルジェリア / マグレブ / アシア・ジェバール / ヤミナ・ベンギギ / レイラ・セバール / パリ / 移民 / 郊外

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to examine and analyze literary works in French of Algerian writers, especially those of female writers after 1980, from the viewpoint of "women" "immigration" and "wars". The writings of Assia Djebar, Leila Sebbar, and Yamina Benguigui are our central objects of this research. We inquired into the characteristic features of this literature among what is called the Maghrebi literature, the complex interrelation between Algeria and France at colonial and postcolonial eras, and authors' attempt of tracing and keeping people's collective memory in their writings. We published related articles and read papers in domestic and international conferences.

Free Research Field

フランス語圏文学