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Faulkner et la littérature maghrébine Monday, April 16 Co-Sponsored by French & Francophone Studies, Wells Fargo Foundation and French Cultural Studies
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Rachid
Boudjedra (born in 1941) is a prolific and revolutionary Algerian
writer who has published numerous poems, essays and novels. Boudjedra’s
fiction is written in a difficult, complex style, reminiscent of
Faulkner or García Márquez in its intricacy. La Répudiation
(1969) brought him sudden attention, both for the strength with
which he challenged traditional Muslim culture in Algeria and for
the strong reaction against him. Other novels include Topographie
idéale pour une agression caractérisée (1975),
L'escargot entêté (1977), Les 1001 années de
la nostalgie (1979). Boudjedra announced in June 1982 that he would
no longer write in French. His Arabic novel al-tafakkuk (1982, The
falling apart) appeared in French translation as Le démantèlement
(The dismantling). He gradually returned to writing in French, in
the novels Timimoun (1994), La vie à l'endroit (1997), and
Fascination (2000). Boudjedra has opposed political Islamism, as
illustrated by his FIS de la haine (1992, The Fis [Islamic Salvation
Front] of Hatred). Fascination).|
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