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Title أحلام مستغانمي والاتجاهات الوطنية والسياسية في رواياتها الأدبية

Author(s) Muhammad Naveed

Abstract Abstract Ahlam Mosteghanemi is a contemporary Algerian poet and novelist. She is also arguably the most successful Arabic writer of her time. She was born in exile during a time of great turmoil in Algeria. Her experiences as the daughter of a French teacher, turned Algerian liberation fighter, shaped her vision and provided inspiration for her writing. As one of the first students in the new Arabic schools in independent Algeria, she puts tremendous value in being able to write and express herself freely in Arabic. The aim to work on Mosteghanemi's literary work is to research about national and political dimension of Ahlam Mosteghanemi, as well as her artistically literary work and is an attempt to inquire into the national tragedy as Algerian novel has known considerable changes both at the level of contents and artistic structure due to the phenomenon of violence and blind terrorism that led to the loss of thousands of lives among Algerians. Mostehanemi started her journey with writing first collection of poetry “Ala Marfa al Ayam” ‘(On the Harbor of Time) 1973, in 1976 published her second collection of poetry “fi Lahdat Ouray” (The Writing in a Moment of Nudity) about women’s rights and romance and then the Trilogy including Zakirat el Jassad ‘Memory in the Flesh’ (1993), Fawda el Hawas ‘Chaos of the Senses’ (1997), and Aber Sareer ‘Bed Hopper’ (2003), which explore human and national tragedy and unfulfilled dreams made her a best-selling sensation in the Arab literature world. And after 7 years in 2010 she wrote a book named “Nessyan.com” (The Art of Forgetting) It is a break up manual for women, which brought Ahlem closer to female audience . In 2012, Ahlem wrote her latest novel, “El Aswad YalikouBiki” (Black Suits You so Well). The novel confirms Ahlem’s status as a major Arab novelist. The story evokes the struggle of a young Algerian teacher whose father, a singer, is killed in the nineties by the terrorists who stand against any form of art and joy in society. Singing at her father’s funeral, the girl, previously forbidden to speak to, carries away the crowd with her dreamy voice. Defying terrorism, she embarks in a singing career. She then has to flee her country and during her exile she meets a wealthy and mysterious man who tries to seduce her. The novel addresses the challenge of standing up not only to terrorism but also to the crushing power of money and the media.

Type Thesis/Dissertation PhD

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Department Arabic

Language Arabic

Publication Date 2022-09-07

Subject Arabic

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