A Feminist Reading of Assia Djebar’s L’Amour, La Fantasia (1985) and Toni Morrison’s Beloved (1987)
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Date
2025
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Université Mouloud Mammeri Tizi Ouzou
Abstract
This research is a comparative study that explores the issues of female subjectivity,
intersectionality, and female resistance in Assia Djebar’s L’Amour, La Fantasia (1985) and
Toni Morrison’s Beloved (1987). Relying on Safia Mirza’s conceptualizations for defining
intersectionality and female resistance, and drawing on postcolonial feminist theory, Black
feminist thought, and theories of trauma and memory, this work examines how both authors
present the complex experiences of women under the intersecting pressures of gender, race, and
historical oppression. Through close readings of the two literary works by employing an
exacting comparative framework, the basic findings of our work is that both L’Amour, La
Fantasia and Beloved critically reframe official historical narratives to powerfully assert
women's agency and reclaim their silenced voices in the face of historical trauma and ongoing
oppression. Ultimately, this study underscores the enduring power of literature as a site of
resistance and remembrance, illuminating how marginalized voices confront erasure by
transforming suffering into collective empowerment.
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48p. ; (+CD-Rom)
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Djebar, Morrison, Intersectionality, Female Resistance, Agency, Black Feminist Thought.
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General and Comparative Literature