TRANSGRESSION ET CULPABILITÉ AU FÉMININ CHEZ ASSIA DJEBAR
Transgression and Culpability in the Feminine at Assia Djebar

Summary/Abstract: The work of Assia Djebar, a prominent figure of North African literature of French expression, incorporates the themes of transgression and guilt as common threads. In this article, we will examine how she develops these themes in her autobiographical novel, “Fantasia” (1985). We will seek to explore the roots of the narrator and other female characters’ transgressions and feelings of guilt while revealing the condition of women in the Muslim patriarchal society. We will then dwell on their rapport with the female body, the veil, love, and autobiographical writing. Although guilt results from transgressing the prohibitions imposed by the Muslim society, for Djebar it becomes an instrument of emancipation thanks to her writing in French

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