1st Edition

The Algerian War Retold Of Camus’s Revolt and Postwar Reconciliation

By Meaghan Emery Copyright 2020
226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

226 Pages
by Routledge

The Algerian War Retold: Of Camus’s Revolt and Postwar Reconciliation focuses on specific aspects of Albert Camus’s ethical thought through a study of his writings in conjunction with late 20 th - and early 21 st -century works written by Franco-Maghrebi authors on the topic of the Algerian War (1954-1962). It combines historical inquiry with literary analysis in order to examine the ways in... Read more

Introduction

 

Chapter One: The Self on Trial

Silence and Language

Responsibility and Guilt

Mother, Native Land, and Justice

 

Chapter Two: The Responsible Journalist

Methods of Critical Journalism

The Responsible Editor

A Chronicle of October 17, 1961: La Seine était rouge: Paris, octobre 1961

 

Chapter Three: A Brother in Arms

Le policier, le fonctionnaire et le réfractaire

La règle d’action

Arming the Powerless With a Narrative

 

Chapter Four: The Native Son

From Soil to Ashes

To Die So Young

This is Not a Court of Justice

 

Conclusion

Biography

Dr. Meaghan Emery is an Associate Professor of French at the University of Vermont.