Tactical Silence in the Novels of Malika Mokeddem

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-90-420-3176-0
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 363 g

Reihe: Francopolyphonies

Tactical Silence in the Novels of Malika Mokeddem, an inquiry into how silence may be used to challenge a gender-differentiated power system, relies on Michel de Certeau’s model of strategies and tactics applied to a postcolonial assessment of both Algerian literature in French as well as Algerian women’s stereotyped silence. This book analyzes the relationship between tactical silence and freedom in the lives of Mokeddem’s female protagonists in all her novels, published between 1990 and 2008. The notion of deliberate silence also lends itself to a discussion of the reader’s efforts in comprehending Mokeddem’s textual silences as well as her exclusion of certain topics from her writings.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Literatur des Nahen Ostens & Nordafrikas
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturkritik: Hermeneutik und Interpretation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Broaching Silence
Tactics and Strategies in Algerian Letters
Speaking of Silence
Manipulating Silence
Tactical Silence in Reading
Textual Silences and the Reader’s Tactics
Conclusion: The Threat of Silence
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jane E. Evans is Associate Professor of French in the Department of Languages and Linguistics at the University of Texas at El Paso. Specializing in North African francophone fiction by women, Evans’ research interests include testimonial, trauma theory, and autobiographical approaches to literature.