Algerian Literature part one

The French occupation of Algeria which started from 1830 till 

1962 Was characterized by the french aim to destroy the

Algerian identity using different ways. One of their methods is

replacing the Arabic language with the french language . This

resulted at the beginning with schools attended only by french

people and rich Algerians however later on the most of the

Algerian families send their children . By this the french

language begun to be used even by  the Algerian writers who

used it as a weapon to send messages through their writings to

the french colonizer . This issue of writing using the colonizer

language was used also by many writers all over the world like:

Edward Said and Jubran Khalil Jubran .

-In Algeria , works written in French were considered a high 

symbol of national struggle of the Algerians against the 

french occupation. This act confirms the Algerian writers 

patriotism  and denies their belonging to France . Those writers

had no choice but to use the colonizer language in asking for

their rights because this was the only way to be heard by the 

french people and the world. This literature being written in 

the french language which is the colonizer language get much 

attention and became subjected to criticism from scholars .some 

see the Algerian literature written in french during the  

occupation as part of the french literature and others consider

it as an Algerian literature because those writers were calling

for the independence of Algeria through their works . by this 

the Algerian literature during the occupation was rich with 

different writers and methods. All this will be discussed in the 

coming lesson.