The star, the cross, and the crescent : religions and conflicts in Francophone literature from the Arab world / / Carine Bourget.
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| Superior document: | After the empire : the Francophone world and postcolonial France |
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| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | After the empire.
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| Physical Description: | x, 195 p. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: religion, politics, and literature in the Francophone Arab world. The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Amin Maalouf's Les Croisades vues par les Arabes and Les echelles du Levant, Myriam Antaki's Les versets du pardon
- The Arab-Israeli Conflict beyond the Middle East: Albert Memmi, Edmond Amran El Maleh, Farid Boudjellal, and Karin Albou
- The Lebanese Civil War: Andree Chedid's La maison sans racines and Evelyne Accad's L'excisee
- The Algerian Civil War: Rachid Boudjedra's Le FIS de la haine, Rachid Mimouni's De la barbarie en general et de l'integrisme en particulier, and Une enfance algerienne
- Islam and the French Republic: the affair of the Muslim headscarf in works by Tahar Ben Jelloun, Abdelwahab Meddeb, Amin Maalouf, Albert Memmi, Leila Sebbar, and Yamina Benguigui
- Portrait of a terrorist: Slimane Benaissa and Salim Bachi's 9/11 novels
- Conclusion: the politics of translation: Francophone literature from the Arab World in the U.S.