The Desert From the Margin to the center in the Contemporary Algerian Novel, Timimoun's Novel as a Model

Nadjat Boukezzoula

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The Desert From the Margin to the center in the Contemporary Algerian Novel, Timimoun's Novel as a Model

Authors:

Nadjat Boukezzoula

Publisher:

Hakan YILMAZ

Main Topics:

Arap Dili | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü

Journal:

Akademik Tarih ve Düşünce Dergisi Vol.12 Issue 2, pp.1073-1088

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2025

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001343371

pISSN:

2148-2292

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Abstract:

 This paper aims to explore the developments in narrative discourse, emphasizing its flexibility and ability to evolve through the new questions it raises. It focuses on the movement of the desert from the periphery to the center, following a period when the city, with its contradictions and bourgeois character, dominated the global and Arab literary scenes. Algerian literature today has made a significant shift, breaking free from conventional writing forms and striving to align form with content. It has succeeded in presenting the desert in a new light, surpassing the stereotypical portrayal it once received in classical literary traditions. Timimoun is one of the novels that uses the desert not merely as a static, spatial setting but as a vibrant cultural, civilizational, and human heritage worthy of attention. The desert is positioned as a central theme, not only in the narrative but also in the real-life quest of the Algerian individual for salvation and self-affirmation, after struggling with disorientation and experiencing the pain of loss in a city that left him feeling empty, lost, and fragmented.

 This paper aims to explore the developments in narrative discourse, emphasizing its flexibility and ability to evolve through the new questions it raises. It focuses on the movement of the desert from the periphery to the center, following a period when the city, with its contradictions and bourgeois character, dominated the global and Arab literary scenes. Algerian literature today has made a significant shift, breaking free from conventional writing forms and striving to align form with content. It has succeeded in presenting the desert in a new light, surpassing the stereotypical portrayal it once received in classical literary traditions. Timimoun is one of the novels that uses the desert not merely as a static, spatial setting but as a vibrant cultural, civilizational, and human heritage worthy of attention. The desert is positioned as a central theme, not only in the narrative but also in the real-life quest of the Algerian individual for salvation and self-affirmation, after struggling with disorientation and experiencing the pain of loss in a city that left him feeling empty, lost, and fragmented.

 This paper aims to explore the developments in narrative discourse, emphasizing its flexibility and ability to evolve through the new questions it raises. It focuses on the movement of the desert from the periphery to the center, following a period when the city, with its contradictions and bourgeois character, dominated the global and Arab literary scenes. Algerian literature today has made a significant shift, breaking free from conventional writing forms and striving to align form with content. It has succeeded in presenting the desert in a new light, surpassing the stereotypical portrayal it once received in classical literary traditions. Timimoun is one of the novels that uses the desert not merely as a static, spatial setting but as a vibrant cultural, civilizational, and human heritage worthy of attention. The desert is positioned as a central theme, not only in the narrative but also in the real-life quest of the Algerian individual for salvation and self-affirmation, after struggling with disorientation and experiencing the pain of loss in a city that left him feeling empty, lost, and fragmented.

 Bu makale, anlatı söylemindeki gelişmeleri incelemeyi, esnekliğini ve ortaya çıkardığı yeni sorularla evrilme yeteneğini vurgulamayı amaçlamaktadır. Çelişkileri ve burjuva karakteriyle şehrin küresel ve Arap edebiyat sahnelerine hakim olduğu bir dönemin ardından, çölün çevreden merkeze doğru hareketine odaklanmaktadır. Günümüz Cezayir edebiyatı, geleneksel yazım biçimlerinden sıyrılarak ve biçimi içerikle uyumlu hale getirmeye çalışarak önemli bir değişim geçirmiştir. Çölün klasik edebi geleneklerdeki basmakalıp tasvirini aşarak onu yeni bir ışık altında sunmayı başarmıştır. Timimoun, çölü yalnızca durağan, mekânsal bir ortam olarak değil, ilgiye değer canlı bir kültürel, uygarlıksal ve insani miras olarak kullanan romanlardan biridir. Çöl, sadece anlatıda değil, aynı zamanda Cezayirli bireyin, kendisini boşlukta, kaybolmuş ve parçalanmış hissettiği bir şehirde yönünü kaybetmenin acısını yaşadıktan sonra kurtuluş ve kendini onaylama arayışında da merkezi bir tema olarak konumlandırılmıştır.

Article Details

The Desert From the Margin to the center in the Contemporary Algerian Novel, Timimoun's Novel as a Model

Authors:

Nadjat Boukezzoula

Publisher:

Hakan YILMAZ

Main Topics:

Arap Dili | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü

Journal:

Akademik Tarih ve Düşünce Dergisi Vol.12 Issue 2, pp.1073-1088

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2025

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001343371

pISSN:

2148-2292

The desert

The periphery

The center

The novel

TimimounÇöl

Çevre

Merkez

Roman

Timimoun

Issues

Article Details

Authors: Nadjat Boukezzoula

Publisher: Hakan YILMAZ

Main Topics: Arap Dili | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü

Journal: Akademik Tarih ve Düşünce Dergisi Vol.12 Issue 2, pp.1073-1088

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 3/2025

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001343371

pISSN: 2148-2292

Issues

Authors:

Nadjat Boukezzoula

Publisher:

Hakan YILMAZ

Main Topics:

Arap Dili | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü

Journal:

Akademik Tarih ve Düşünce Dergisi Vol.12 Issue 2, pp.1073-1088

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2025

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001343371

pISSN:

2148-2292