TY - BOOK AU - Bourget,Carine ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - The star, the cross, and the crescent: religions and conflicts in Francophone literature from the Arab world T2 - After the empire : the Francophone world and postcolonial France AV - PQ3980.5 .B68 2010eb U1 - 840.9/892761 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Lanham, Md. PB - Lexington Books KW - North African literature (French) KW - 20th century KW - History and criticism KW - French literature KW - Arab authors KW - Arab countries KW - Islam in literature KW - Social conflict in literature KW - Politics in literature KW - War in literature KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10606630 ER -