Analyse des strategies d'emancipation ou d'adaptation des personnages de romans beurs a la realite des marches sociaux de l'echange

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The publication in 1983 of Medhi Charef's novel Le thé au harem d'Archi Ahmedmarked the beginning of Beur literature, a collection of narratives concerning the livesof individuals of North African origin in the French suburbs. The term 'beur, derivedfrom the double inversion of the word 'arabe, would become synonymous with'Maghrebians and be used to define a cultural movement claiming its uniqueness.Beur writers or those who make use of Beur heroes in their novels reveal, often inautobiographical form, the daily experiences of a marginalized minority living inidentical socio-economic conditions, which are sources of conflicts, whether latent ormanifest, with the dominant culture. The sensitivity of Beur writers as manifested intheir writings enables us to obtain images of the lives of people living in shantytownsor the large conglomerations on the outskirts of French cities. However, this literatureprovides more than just a simple description of context or situation, since it alsocontains the verdict of young Beurs on the legitimacy of the established social orderand their strategies to transform or to adapt to this order. Work, home, school, politicsor affective relations are concrete examples of areas where the individual is faced withan established system of values and norms, inequality of resources and convergent ordivergent interests that need to be taken into account during the process of exchangein order to satisfy his/her needs. In this interdisciplinary research we apply thesociological concepts of exchange and conflict theory in order to disclose thestrategies used by characters in Beur novels to adapt or free themselves from givenconditions of exchange and power configurations on different social markets ofexchange.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University