A Comparative Study of Richard Wright’s Native Son (1940) and Mouloud Feraoun’s Le fils du pauvre (1950)
| dc.contributor.author | Ammar Khodja Lisa | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-10T08:34:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-11-10T08:34:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description | 53p. ; (+CD-Rom) | |
| dc.description.abstract | The present dissertation is a contribution to comparative literature and cross-cultural studies. By drawing parallels between the two authors Richard Wright and Mouloud Feraoun, we have examined the possibility of connecting two literary works from different literary traditions, distinct cultures, as well as different geographical areas. The comparison revolved around two novels, which were written by the American writer Richard Wright entitled Native Son (1940) and the Algerian author MouloudFeraoun'sLe fils du pauvre (1950). The objective of my dissertation has been to situate the convergences and divergences between the two authors through the identification of similarities and differences in their narratives. The hypothesis on which our comparison was built is that it is possible, due to several political and social factors, to compare two authors issued from two different cultural backgrounds. To reach my objectives, we appropriated the tools provided in Parallel Theory, a perspective of literary comparison, which has been suggested by the American School of Comparative Literature. Our dissertation is divided into two major chapters. The first chapter is preceded by an introduction, Method and Materials. It explored the connections between the writers' lives as they are represented explicitly or implicitly in the selected narratives. It is followed by the study of the two novels’ structures, settings, and characters. In the second chapter, we explored a comparison of the main themes of the novel, showing on the impact of poverty and identity construction in the two works, this part contains also some explanations about Mutual hate in Native Son, and the implicit denunciation of the colonial oppression in Le fils du pauvre .We concluded the comparison by a conclusion that summarizes the entire study. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Literature and Civilization | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.ummto.dz/handle/ummto/28829 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Université Mouloud Mammeri Tizi Ouzou | |
| dc.subject | Comparative Stud | |
| dc.subject | Richard Wright’s Native Son | |
| dc.subject | Mouloud Feraoun’s Le fils du pauvre | |
| dc.subject | HUMANITIES and RELIGION::Aesthetic subjects::Literature | |
| dc.title | A Comparative Study of Richard Wright’s Native Son (1940) and Mouloud Feraoun’s Le fils du pauvre (1950) | |
| dc.type | Thesis |