The star, the cross, and the crescent religions and conflicts in Francophone literature from the Arab world / [electronic resource] :
Carine Bourget.
- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2010.
- x, 195 p.
- After the empire : the Francophone world and postcolonial France .
- After the empire. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 échelles 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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
North African literature (French)--History and criticism.--20th century French literature--Arab authors--History and criticism. French literature--History and criticism.--Arab countries French literature--History and criticism.--20th century Islam in literature. Social conflict in literature. Politics in literature. War in literature.