Ammar Khodja Dihia2025-11-102025-11-102024Literature approach and interdisciplinaryhttps://dspace.ummto.dz/handle/ummto/2883153p. ; (+CD-Rom)The following piece of research examines the matter of slavery in the TV miniseries of Tropiques Amers (2007) and Roots (2016). This study relies on Alice Walker’s Womanism, from In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist Prose (1983), and Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic, from his book Phenomenology of Spirit (1807). This paper examines how these concepts appear in both miniseries, showing the way the producers Jean-Claude Barny and Will Packer portray enslaved women as strong and powerful even in the hard circumstances and also the way black characters are shown as victims at the beginning and how they often become heroes exploring themes like racism, dehumanization, struggle for freedom, patriarchy, identity and resilience. The first chapter analyzes Tropiques Amers (2007) using Walker’s Womanism and Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic. The analysis shows how the miniseries portray enslaved women as resilient and courageous, emphasizing their strength even in hard times, while Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic, on the other hand, examines the power dynamics between masters and slaves, focusing on their interdependence and the slaves’ struggle for freedom. The second chapter employs the same theories to analyze Roots (2016). This chapter exemplifies similar themes of strength and resilience among enslaved women, as depicted through Walker’s Womanism, and it also explores the power dynamics between masters and slaves, as illustrated by Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic. This comparison helps to see if there are differences in how Black people's experiences are shown in the two miniseries. The findings reveal that both miniseries show complex themes in relation to slavery, Walker’s Womanism highlights the strength and resistance of enslaved women, portraying them as strong and courageous even in tough times. Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic looks at the power dynamics between masters and slaves, emphasizing on how they depend on each other and how slaves fight to emancipate themselves. This research shows how important it is to look at both gender and power when studying slavery, by using womanism and the master-slave dialectic. This study offers new understanding about the lives of enslaved women and the power dynamics in slavery, highlighting their strength and actions despite being oppressedenslaverywomanismresiliencepower dynamicsfreedomidentityThesis