Babel: Littératures Plurielles (Dec 2017)
Le rastaquouère oriental et le modèle occidental
Abstract
In these Autobiographical fragments Mahmoud Bayrem Ettounsi takes a stern look at Orientals in France, allowing no concessions. He is the first to provide a portrait of the Oriental “rastaquouere”, who is the archetype of the Oriental himself. The portrait of the Oriental here involves an attack against his identity, a test, which is constitutive of being. As depicted by Bayrem Ettounsi, the West represents a model to follow.
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