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The analysis traces signifiers of femininity in processes of originating, unveiling, and demystifying, arguing that these elements subvert a “culture of voyeurism.” Using a socio-literary approach, the study examines how gendered viewing filters shape representations of colonialism, capitalism, socialism, feminism, nationalism, war, exile, and identity, including the dynamics of self-censorship.","Two Major Francophone Women Writers, Assia Djébar and Leïla Sebbar  \nFrancophone Cultures and Literatures  \nMichael G. Paulson and Tamara Alvarez-Detrell General Editors  \nVol. 5  \nPETER LANG  \nNew York • Washington, D.C./Baltimore • Boston • Bern Frankfurt am Main • Berlin • Brussels • Vienna • Canterbury  \nRafika Merini  \nTwo Major Francophone Women Writers, Assia Djébar and Leïla Sebbar  \nA Thematic Study of Their Works  \nPETER LANG  \nNew York • Washington, D.C./Baltimore • Boston • Bern Frankfurt am Main • Berlin • Brussels • Vienna • Canterbury  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nMerini, Rafika.  \nTwo major francophone women writers, Assia Djébar and Leïla Sebbar:  \na thematic study of their works / Rafika Merini.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).—(Francophone cultures and literatures; vol. 5) Includes bibliographical references.  \n1. Algerian literature (French)—Women authors—History and criticism. 2. Women and literature—Algeria—History—20th century. 3. Women and literature—France—History—20th century. 4. Djébar, Assia, 1936– —Criticism and interpretation.  \n5. Sebbar, Leïla—Criticism and interpretation. 6. Algerians—France—History—20th century. 7. Algerians in literature. 8. Algeria—In literature. I. Title. II. Title:  \n2 major francophone women writers. III. Series. PQ3988 .5.A5M47 840.9’9287’0965—dc20 94-30420 ISBN 0-8204-2635-0 (hardcover)  \nISBN 0-8204-5742-6 (paperback)  \nISSN 1077-0186  \nDie Deutsche Bibliothek-CIP-Einheitsaufnahme  \nMerini, Rafika:  \nTwo major Francophone women writers, Assia Djébar and Leïla Sebbar:  \na thematic study of their works / Rafika Merini.  \n−New York; Washington, D.C./Baltimore; Boston; Bern; Frankfurt am Main; Berlin; Brussels; Vienna; Canterbury: Lang.  \n(Francophone cultures and literatures; Vol. 5)  \nISBN 0-8204-2635-0 (hardcover)  \nISBN 0-8204-5742-6 (paperback)  \nPortions of Chapter V also appear in French Literature Series: Ethnography in French Literature, Volume XXIII, Rodopi Press, Amsterdam, Holland, 1996  \nThe paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council of Library Resources.  \n© 1999, 2001 Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., New York All rights reserved.  \nReprint or reproduction, even partially, in all forms such as microfilm, xerography, microfiche, microcard, and offset strictly prohibited.  \nPrinted in the United States of America  \n􀀁􀀁􀀁􀀁􀀁􀀁  \nTable of Contents  \nIntroduction 1  \nI Leïla Sebbar’s Parle, mon fils and Le Pédophileet la maman: The Subversion of the Culture of Voyeurism 19  \nII. Sebbar’s Shérazade: Voyeurism, Perversion,  \nand Female Clear-sightedness 39  \nIII. Sebbar’s Les Carnets de Shérazade: Author and Heroine Alike, the Process of Reclaiming a Life and an Identity in Exile 57  \nIV. Sebbar’s Le Fou de Shérazade:  \nA Modern-Day Sheherazade 75  \nV. Assia Djébar’s L’Amour, la Fantasia: A Love,  \nHate and War Triangle 87  \nVI. Djébar’s Les Enfants du Nouveau Monde and Les Alouettes Naïves: At Last Liberation, Peace  \nand Growth? 105  \nConclusion 117  \nBibliography 139  \n􀀁􀀁􀀁􀀁􀀁􀀁  \nIntroduction  \nMy goal for this study is not only to discern parallels, similarities, and differences based on the aesthetic theories, world views, and historical events shaping them but also to trace the literary, sociological, cultural, ideological, and historical conflicts dealt with in Assia Djébar and Leïla Sebbar’s texts and intertexts, and their relationship with cultural ideologies and with language. This is why I researched the signifiers of femininity underlying the originating, unveiling, and demystifying which occur in their works, effectively subverting what may be called the culture of voyeurism. 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