{"product_id":"algerian-historical-novel","title":"Algerian Historical Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the last thirty years, Algerian novelists have shown and continue to show a marked interest in the history of their country; some of them, however, approach the past in a manner that is significantly different from that of traditional historical novelists. \u003ci\u003eThe Algerian Historical Novel: Linking the Past to the Present and Future \u003c\/i\u003einvestigates for precisely what purpose, on what philosophical grounds, and using what techniques, novelists Rachid Boudjedra (\u003ci\u003eLa Prise de Gibraltar\u003c\/i\u003e), Tahar Djaout (\u003ci\u003eL’Invention du désert\u003c\/i\u003e), Assia Djebar (\u003ci\u003eLoin de Médine\u003c\/i\u003e), Waciny Laredj (\u003ci\u003eLa Maison andalouse\u003c\/i\u003e), Mohamed Sari (\u003ci\u003ePluies d’or\u003c\/i\u003e), and Amin Zaoui (\u003ci\u003eLe Dernier juif de Tamentit\u003c\/i\u003e) engage with the history of Algeria. It also examines what the study of these authors can contribute to the larger debate concerning what this type of historical fiction can do with or reveal about the past that history as a discipline and the traditional historical novel cannot. The author advocates that \u003ci\u003eLa Prise de Gibraltar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eL’Invention du désert\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLoin de Médine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLa Maison andalouse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePluies d’or\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLe Dernier juif de Tamentit\u003c\/i\u003e are best read as works of historiographic metafiction. He argues that these novels combine poststructuralist ideas and postmodernist narrative techniques to draw attention to previously neglected people and events in history and provide revised perspectives on them and others and, more importantly, to problematize the way Algerian history is thought and is used to address two major social and political concerns confronting Algerians: national identity and religious fundamentalism. \u003ci\u003eThe Algerian Historical Novel\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eLinking the Past to the Present and future \u003c\/i\u003eis highly recommended to students, scholars, and general readers interested in Algerian literature and in historiographic metafiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54224886137176,"sku":"9781433180279","price":84.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781433180279.jpg?v=1777090573","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/algerian-historical-novel","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}