Old Stories, New Histories
The Past in the Francophone Tunisian Novel
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7094790 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Debbie Barnard (0000-0003-3391-2084, Oxnard College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 94-101 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary French and Francophone Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1740-9292 • E-ISSN: 1740-9306 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17409292.2016.1120556 |
| OpenAlex | W2293352051 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
The overarching dilemma for Tunisian society since the end of the French protectorate has been the struggle for a political system that accurately reflects the nation's cultural hybridity. This struggle has marked political and social debates, and appears repeatedly in literature. Before the political freedom that the Arab Spring brought Tunisia, authors such as Sophie El Goulli and Abdelaziz Belkhodja were already recrafting Tunisian history, using it as a way of challenging entrenched Western hegemony and staging a quiet, low-key revolution. In their respective novels, Hashtart: À la naissance de Carthage and Le Retour de l’éléphant, El Goulli, and Belkhodja reprise the history of Carthage; through this movement back in history, beyond European domination, these authors are able to transcend the era of the French protectorate and create a deeper political vision that challenges the presumed inevitability of the postcolonial dictatorship. This article explores how each author challenges the political oppression that remained in the wake of the French protectorate, marks the beginning of the end of the régime du savoir left by colonialism and announces the dawn of political modernity
Colonialism · Dictatorship · Ethnology · French · Hegemony · Hybridity · Modernity · Political science · Politics · Protectorate · Sociology · Anthropology · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · North African History and Literature · Political and Social Issues
| Highly cited | No |
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