The Ambiguous Compromise: Language Literature and National Identity in Algeria and Morocco

By Jacqueline Kaye and Abdelhamid Zoubir

This volume features an analysis of the fiction and poetry written in French by Algerian and Moroccan authors since independence from French colonial rule. The authors aim to show that the central dilemma of African literature is due to the translation of a spoken language into a printed form.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415030552
• ISBN13: 9780415030557
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 141 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.5" x 8.7"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher