Research Catalog

Title

The star, the cross, and the crescent : religions and conflicts in Francophone literature from the Arab world / Carine Bourget.

Author

Bourget, Carine.

Publication

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2010.

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Details

Description

x, 195 p.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

After the empire: the Francophone world and

Uniform Title

After the empire

Subject

• North African literature (French) > 20th century > History and criticism
• French literature > Arab authors > History and criticism
• French literature > Arab countries > History and criticism
• French literature > 20th century > History and criticism
• Islam in literature
• Social conflict in literature
• Politics in literature
• War in literature

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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: Andrée Chédid's La maison sans racines and Evelyne Accad's L'Excisée -- The Algerian Civil War: Rachid Boudjedra's Le FIS de la haine, Rachid Mimouni's De la barbarie en général et de l'intégrisme en particulier, and Une enfance algérienne -- Islam and the French Republic: the affair of the Muslim headscarf in works by Tahar Ben Jelloun, Abdelwahab Meddeb, Amin Maalouf, Albert Memmi, Leïla Sebbar, and Yamina Benguigui -- Portrait of a terrorist: Slimane Benaïssa and Salim Bachi's 9/11 novels -- Conclusion: the politics of translation: Francophone literature from the Arab World in the U.S.

ISBN

9780739126578 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2009048357

OCLC

• 471452234
• SCSB-10558852

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library