The purpose of this course is to introduce the American student to modern Maghrebian Fracophone Literature. The course studies novels, short stories and poems by Moroccan, Algerian and Tunisian writers. Special and constant emphasis will fall upon the technical method and thematic concerns, language and tragic vision; and therefore, study and discussion revolve around problems of genre, social and cultural identity, and the effects of irony in the works.
Learning outcomes:
By the end of the course, students should be able to:
-Understand of the nature of Maghrebian Francophone Literature.
-Speak with an enhanced knowledge of world literature.
-Enjoy reading works of a significant era of post-colonial Maghreb.
-Interpret with acumen foreign literature.
-Undertake a comparative study between Maghrebian literature and, say, American literature.
Method of presentation:
A variety of major and minor works are studied by means of close textual analysis, since the themes and issues raised generally unfold themselves in subtleties of style, tone, and point of view. Students should consult pertinent studies of the history, social and cultural background to modern Maghrebian Francophone Literature. The approach to this literature in class is by means of textual analysis and debate; exposes and written essays will consist of critical analysis of seminal passages of these works.
Required work and form of assessment:
-Class participation and exposes: 15%
-In class midterm exams: 20%
-Research paper (10-15 pages) due by week 12: 25%
-Final exam: 40%
content:
-Week 1 : Colonial Discourse and «Post-colonial» Theory
Gil Delannoi &Morin Edgar. Eléments pour une Théorie de la Nation, Paris : Seuil, 1987.
-Week 2 : « post- colonial» Maghrebian Literature
Jean Déjeux. La Littérature Maghrébine D’Expression Française. Paris : Press Universitaires de France, 1992.
-Week 3 : Decolonization of Maghrebian Literature
Saigh Rachida Bouceta. « Identité Culturelle et Discours Parallèles ». Identité Culturelle au Maghreb. Rabat : Faculté des Lettres, 1991.
K. Cadi. « Le Passage à l’Ecrit : de l’identité Culturelle à l’Enjeu Sociale » dans Identité Culturelle au Maghreb. Rabat Publications de la Faculté des Lettres, 1991.
-Week 4 : The Maghrebian Experience in Literature
Mohamed Choukri. Le Pain Nu. Mohamed Dib. La Grande Maison.
-Week 5 : Being and Nothingness in the Maghreb
Mohamed Dib. L’incendie.
Rachid Boujedra. La Grande Répudiation.
-Week 6 : The Representation of the Other in the Literature of the Maghreb
Tahar Ben Jelloun. L’enfant de Sable.
Mustapha Nissabouri. « Les Mille et Deuxième Nuits » ( poème).
-Week 7 : Maghrebian Literature: Mirror of a Society Lost and Disappearing
Mohamed kheir Eddine. Agadir.
Abdellatif Laâbi. Le Règne de Barbarie, Poèmes, 1976, 1983.
-Week 8 : Alienation in the Maghreb Novel
Mohamed Choukri. Le Pain Nu. Driss Chraibi. Le Passé Simple.
-Week 9 : Immigration and its Tragic Impact on Maghrebian Identity
Rachid Boujedra. Topographie Idéale pour une Agression Caractérisée. Driss Chraibi. Les Boucs.
-Week 10 : The Crisis of Identity in the Novel and Poetry of the Maghreb.
Mohamed Dib. Le métier à Tisser.
Abdellatif Laâbi. «L’Histoire des Sept Crucifiés de L’Espoir». Abellatif Laâbi. «Discours sur la Colline Arabe».
-Week 11 : The search for the lost self in the literature of the Maghreb
Rachid Boujedra. La Grande Répudiation. Tahar Benjelloun. L’Enfant de Sable.
-Week 12 : Maghrebian literature and the Politics of Genre
Katib Yassin. Nejma.
Tahar Benjelloun. La Nuit Sacrée.
-Week 13 : Narrative Technique in the Maghrebian Novel and Story Rachid Boujedra. Topographie Idéale pour une Agression caractérisée. Driss Chraibi. Le Passé Simple.
-Week 14 : Week 13: Re-placing the Text: Orality and Multivocal Narrative Disclosure
Tahar Benjelloun. Harrouda.
Tahar Benjelloun. Moha le Fou Moha le Sage.
-Week 15 : Stylistic Aspects of Maghrebian Literature
Mohamed Choukri. Le Pain Nu. Mohamed Dib. La Grande Maison.
Mustapha Nissabouri. « Mille et Deuxième Nuits ».
Required readings:
-Abdellatif laâbi. « Le Règne de Barbarie. »
-Abdellatif Laâbi. « Discours sur la Colline Arabe. »
-Driss Chraibi. Le Passé Simple.
-Driss chraibi. Les Boucs.
-Katib yassin. Nejma.
-Mohamed Choukri. Le Pain Nu.
-Mohammed Choukri. Violence sur la Plage.
-Mohamed Kheir Eddine. Agadir.
-Mohamed Dib. La Grande Maison.
-Mohamed Dib. L’Incendie.
-Mustapha Nissabouri. « Les Mille et Deuxième Nuits. »
-Rachid Boujedra. Topographie Idéale pour une Agression Caractérisée.
-Rachid Boujedra. La Grande Répudiation.
-Tahar Benjelloun. La Nuit Sacrée.
-Tahar Benjelloun. Moha le Fou Moha le Sage.
-Tahar Benjelloun. L’Enfant de Sable.
-Tahar Benjelloun. Harrouda.
Recommended readings:
Bakhtine, Mikail. Esthétique et théorie du Roman. Paris : Editions Gallimard, 1978.
Buceta, Saigh Rachida. « Identité Culturelle et Discours Parallèles ». Identité Culturelle au Maghreb. Rabat : Faculté des Lettres, 1991.
Boughali, M. Espace d’Ecritures au Maroc. Casablanca : Afrique Orient, 1987.
Colonna, Fanny&Daoud Zakia. Etre Marginal au Maghreb. Paris : CNRS Editions, 1993.
Déjeux,jean. La Littérature Maghrébine D’Expression Française. Paris : Press Universitaires de France, 1992. Déjeux, Jean. Maghreb. Littérature de langues Française. Arcantère Editions, 1993.
Gontard, Marc. Le Moi Etrange. Littérature Marocaine de Langue Française. Paris : L’Harmattan, 1993. Khatibi, Abdelkebir. Le Roman Maghrébin. Paris : Maspero, 1968.
Khatibi, Abdelkebir. Maghreb Pluriel. Paris : Editions Denoel, 1983.
Khatibi, Abdelkebir. Penser le Maghreb. Rabat : SMER, 1993.
Lamrani-Alaoui, R. « Langue, Culture et Identité ». Identité Culturelle au Maghreb. Rabat : Faculté des Lettres, 1991.
Yiétiv, Yssac . Le Thème de L’aliénation dans le Roman Maghrébin D’Expression Française. Sherbrooke : E.E.L.F, 1972.
Zirafa, Michel. Roman et Société. Paris : Presses Universitaires de France, 1976.
Brief Biography of Instructor:
Driss Adli holds a Ph.D in comparative literature. His thesis, titled “The Representational Form in O’Neill and Ibsen’s Drama: A comparative Study,” was prepared during his study visits at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (1993—1996), and defended at the University Hassan II, Mohammedia. Currently he is a professor of Comparative Literature at the Faculty of Arts, Mohammedia. Professor Adli has taught English language at various levels and a variety of courses ranging from “British and American literature and Culture”, “Literary criticism”, “Comparative Drama” (European, African, and American Dramas). Dr. Adli has given talks and presentations on various issues related to Maghrebian culture and literature at American and Moroccan universities. Currently, he is directing a research group on Comparative Literature at the Faculty of Arts, University Hassan II, Mohammedia. Among his recent publications, “The Semiotics of Performance and the Semiotics of Reception”, Bouhout, N.10, 2006, “Towards a Model of Teaching Drama at the University”, Bouhout, 12-13, 2007. “Globalization and the Decline of Utopia”, Bouhout, N.14 (forthcoming, November 2008). Professor Adli masters Arabic, Berbere, French and English.
Maghrebian Francophone Literature (French-Taught)
The purpose of this course is to introduce the American student to modern Maghrebian Fracophone Literature. The course studies novels, short stories and poems by Moroccan, Algerian and Tunisian writers. Special and constant emphasis will fall upon the technical method and thematic concerns, language and tragic vision; and therefore, study and discussion revolve around problems of genre, social and cultural identity, and the effects of irony in the works.
By the end of the course, students should be able to:
-Understand of the nature of Maghrebian Francophone Literature.
-Speak with an enhanced knowledge of world literature.
-Enjoy reading works of a significant era of post-colonial Maghreb.
-Interpret with acumen foreign literature.
-Undertake a comparative study between Maghrebian literature and, say, American literature.
A variety of major and minor works are studied by means of close textual analysis, since the themes and issues raised generally unfold themselves in subtleties of style, tone, and point of view. Students should consult pertinent studies of the history, social and cultural background to modern Maghrebian Francophone Literature. The approach to this literature in class is by means of textual analysis and debate; exposes and written essays will consist of critical analysis of seminal passages of these works.
-Class participation and exposes: 15%
-In class midterm exams: 20%
-Research paper (10-15 pages) due by week 12: 25%
-Final exam: 40%
-Week 1 : Colonial Discourse and «Post-colonial» Theory
Gil Delannoi &Morin Edgar. Eléments pour une Théorie de la Nation, Paris : Seuil, 1987.
-Week 2 : « post- colonial» Maghrebian Literature
Jean Déjeux. La Littérature Maghrébine D’Expression Française. Paris : Press Universitaires de France, 1992.
-Week 3 : Decolonization of Maghrebian Literature
Saigh Rachida Bouceta. « Identité Culturelle et Discours Parallèles ». Identité Culturelle au Maghreb. Rabat : Faculté des Lettres, 1991.
K. Cadi. « Le Passage à l’Ecrit : de l’identité Culturelle à l’Enjeu Sociale » dans Identité Culturelle au Maghreb. Rabat Publications de la Faculté des Lettres, 1991.
-Week 4 : The Maghrebian Experience in Literature
Mohamed Choukri. Le Pain Nu. Mohamed Dib. La Grande Maison.
-Week 5 : Being and Nothingness in the Maghreb
Mohamed Dib. L’incendie.
Rachid Boujedra. La Grande Répudiation.
-Week 6 : The Representation of the Other in the Literature of the Maghreb
Tahar Ben Jelloun. L’enfant de Sable.
Mustapha Nissabouri. « Les Mille et Deuxième Nuits » ( poème).
-Week 7 : Maghrebian Literature: Mirror of a Society Lost and Disappearing
Mohamed kheir Eddine. Agadir.
Abdellatif Laâbi. Le Règne de Barbarie, Poèmes, 1976, 1983.
-Week 8 : Alienation in the Maghreb Novel
Mohamed Choukri. Le Pain Nu. Driss Chraibi. Le Passé Simple.
-Week 9 : Immigration and its Tragic Impact on Maghrebian Identity
Rachid Boujedra. Topographie Idéale pour une Agression Caractérisée. Driss Chraibi. Les Boucs.
-Week 10 : The Crisis of Identity in the Novel and Poetry of the Maghreb.
Mohamed Dib. Le métier à Tisser.
Abdellatif Laâbi. «L’Histoire des Sept Crucifiés de L’Espoir». Abellatif Laâbi. «Discours sur la Colline Arabe».
-Week 11 : The search for the lost self in the literature of the Maghreb
Rachid Boujedra. La Grande Répudiation. Tahar Benjelloun. L’Enfant de Sable.
-Week 12 : Maghrebian literature and the Politics of Genre
Katib Yassin. Nejma.
Tahar Benjelloun. La Nuit Sacrée.
-Week 13 : Narrative Technique in the Maghrebian Novel and Story Rachid Boujedra. Topographie Idéale pour une Agression caractérisée. Driss Chraibi. Le Passé Simple.
-Week 14 : Week 13: Re-placing the Text: Orality and Multivocal Narrative Disclosure
Tahar Benjelloun. Harrouda.
Tahar Benjelloun. Moha le Fou Moha le Sage.
-Week 15 : Stylistic Aspects of Maghrebian Literature
Mohamed Choukri. Le Pain Nu. Mohamed Dib. La Grande Maison.
Mustapha Nissabouri. « Mille et Deuxième Nuits ».
-Abdellatif laâbi. « Le Règne de Barbarie. »
-Abdellatif Laâbi. « Discours sur la Colline Arabe. »
-Driss Chraibi. Le Passé Simple.
-Driss chraibi. Les Boucs.
-Katib yassin. Nejma.
-Mohamed Choukri. Le Pain Nu.
-Mohammed Choukri. Violence sur la Plage.
-Mohamed Kheir Eddine. Agadir.
-Mohamed Dib. La Grande Maison.
-Mohamed Dib. L’Incendie.
-Mustapha Nissabouri. « Les Mille et Deuxième Nuits. »
-Rachid Boujedra. Topographie Idéale pour une Agression Caractérisée.
-Rachid Boujedra. La Grande Répudiation.
-Tahar Benjelloun. La Nuit Sacrée.
-Tahar Benjelloun. Moha le Fou Moha le Sage.
-Tahar Benjelloun. L’Enfant de Sable.
-Tahar Benjelloun. Harrouda.
Bakhtine, Mikail. Esthétique et théorie du Roman. Paris : Editions Gallimard, 1978.
Buceta, Saigh Rachida. « Identité Culturelle et Discours Parallèles ». Identité Culturelle au Maghreb. Rabat : Faculté des Lettres, 1991.
Boughali, M. Espace d’Ecritures au Maroc. Casablanca : Afrique Orient, 1987.
Colonna, Fanny&Daoud Zakia. Etre Marginal au Maghreb. Paris : CNRS Editions, 1993.
Déjeux,jean. La Littérature Maghrébine D’Expression Française. Paris : Press Universitaires de France, 1992. Déjeux, Jean. Maghreb. Littérature de langues Française. Arcantère Editions, 1993.
Gontard, Marc. Le Moi Etrange. Littérature Marocaine de Langue Française. Paris : L’Harmattan, 1993. Khatibi, Abdelkebir. Le Roman Maghrébin. Paris : Maspero, 1968.
Khatibi, Abdelkebir. Maghreb Pluriel. Paris : Editions Denoel, 1983.
Khatibi, Abdelkebir. Penser le Maghreb. Rabat : SMER, 1993.
Lamrani-Alaoui, R. « Langue, Culture et Identité ». Identité Culturelle au Maghreb. Rabat : Faculté des Lettres, 1991.
Yiétiv, Yssac . Le Thème de L’aliénation dans le Roman Maghrébin D’Expression Française. Sherbrooke : E.E.L.F, 1972.
Zirafa, Michel. Roman et Société. Paris : Presses Universitaires de France, 1976.
Driss Adli holds a Ph.D in comparative literature. His thesis, titled “The Representational Form in O’Neill and Ibsen’s Drama: A comparative Study,” was prepared during his study visits at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (1993—1996), and defended at the University Hassan II, Mohammedia. Currently he is a professor of Comparative Literature at the Faculty of Arts, Mohammedia. Professor Adli has taught English language at various levels and a variety of courses ranging from “British and American literature and Culture”, “Literary criticism”, “Comparative Drama” (European, African, and American Dramas). Dr. Adli has given talks and presentations on various issues related to Maghrebian culture and literature at American and Moroccan universities. Currently, he is directing a research group on Comparative Literature at the Faculty of Arts, University Hassan II, Mohammedia. Among his recent publications, “The Semiotics of Performance and the Semiotics of Reception”, Bouhout, N.10, 2006, “Towards a Model of Teaching Drama at the University”, Bouhout, 12-13, 2007. “Globalization and the Decline of Utopia”, Bouhout, N.14 (forthcoming, November 2008). Professor Adli masters Arabic, Berbere, French and English.