THE TRAGIC TENDENCY IN ALGERIAN NOVELS WRITTEN IN THE FRENCH LANGUAGE DURING THE COLONIAL PERIOD

Abstract

The Algerian novel written in the French language during the period of French colonialism emerged as a bright page in modern Algerian literature, committed to conveying the issues of the homeland and portraying the concerns and aspirations of the people. These novels succeeded in securing for themselves a prominent position within world literatures, as most of them were translated into several international languages.

In this research paper, I will focus on the presence of the tragic tendency in the events and themes of these novels through three important models: The Forgotten Hill by the Algerian novelist Mouloud Mammeri,The Fire by the Algerian novelist Mohammed Dib, and Nedjma by the Algerian novelist Kateb Yacine