Browsing by Author "Mami Inas"

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    Identity Crisis in Tayeb Salih’s Season of Migration to the North (1966) and Yasmina Khadra’s Ce que le Jour doit à la Nuit (2008)
    (Université Mouloud Mammeri Tizi Ouzou, 2025) Ben Chikh Kheloudja; Mami Inas
    This dissertation examines the theme of identity crisis in two postcolonial novels: Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih and What the Day Owes the Night by Yasmina Khadra. The study focuses on the main characters, Mustafa Sa’eed and Younes, and their experiences living between different cultures. It uses Homi Bhabha’s theory of hybridity and the Third Space to describe how their identities are shaped by colonial and postcolonial contexts. The research shows that both characters move between their original societies and foreign cultures, resulting in hybrid identities. Mustafa Sa’eed spends time in England while maintaining connections to Sudan, and Younes grows up balancing Algerian and French cultural influences. The dissertation also highlights similarities and differences in how they experience cultural transition and belonging. This study provides a descriptive account of hybrid identity in postcolonial literature and suggests that further research could examine other characters, settings, or cultural contexts to expand understanding of identity in postcolonial societies.