L’écriture en crise pour un pays en crise. "Alger, journal intense" de Mustapha Benfodil
Writing in Crisis for a Country in Crisis. "Alger, journal intense" of Mustapha Benfodil

Summary/Abstract: Since the publication his novel “Archaeology of chaos (in love)” in 2007, Mustapha Benfodil has applied himself to implementing the program set out by one of his characters: the DECONSTRUCTION OF THE NATIONAL NARRATIVE ORDER.His latest novel, “Alger, journal intense”, published in September of 2019, realises this project. As in his other texts, Benfodil challenges the rules of languages, genres, and even discursive and editorial forms. With jubilation, anger and humour, once again he puts writing in crisis to tell the story of Algeria that has been the victim of a terrible series of crises since October 1988. Twelve years later, Benfodil’s unstifled writing style captures the “historical chaos” from which post-colonial Algeria is trying to recover.

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