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Children's Literature in Algeria
Children's literature is considered a literature characterized by a specificity that distinguishes it from adult literature. It requires a sufficient and important amount of care given its great importance in forming the child's personality and directing him properly. It relies primarily on high ideals and derives its intellectual components from the teachings of Islam, to achieve various goals, including psychological, social, and mental.
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Uncanny Journeys
This article presents a reading of two contemporary novels, Mohsin Hamid's Exit West (2017) and Omar El-Akkad's What Strange Paradise (2021) , in the light of magical realism. The article first attempts to define magical realism as a genre loaded with potential. Bringing together two works, the first by a British-Pakistani writer and the second by an Egyptian-Canadian writer, it argues that these novels use magical realism as a global genre and infuse reality with fantasy to re-write the narrative of the refugee. Looking at the journeys in the novels not only as itineraries but also as narrative and literary modes, the article reflects on the use of certain fantastical \"uncanny\" (to borrow Freud's term) literary devices within those texts to unsettle the dichotomy between the world of the real and the world of imagination in which both characters and readers decipher routes of navigating the unheimlich. The article thus shows magical realism's subversive potential and its ability to engage contemporary issues.
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Ahdaf Soueif's \Sandpiper\
Self-fulfillment and homecoming are very complex psychological processes to achieve. To find oneself in a liminal space complicates these processes for he/she will experience ambivalent feelings. Such feelings are usually experienced by immigrants whose values and traditions clash with those of the host culture. Having set her feet in the West in pursuit of the dream of completing her higher studies in Britain, the Arab writer Ahdaf Soueif (1950-) has gone through the feelings of uncertainty and unrest. In her semiautobiographical short story \"Sandpiper\" (1994), she reflects on her protagonist's conflicting cross-cultural lived experiences. The paper demonstrates how Soueif has made use of travel narrative/rhetoric as a medium wherein she can culturally mediate between her homeland (Egypt) and her new country (Britain) while exposing the feelings of anxiety and discomfort of her interracially married characters. The paper analyzes Soueif's \"Sandpiper\" in the light of the psychological concept of narrative identity by Dan P. McAdams and the postcolonial concepts of liminality by Homi Bhabha and contrapuntal thinking by Edward Said. In addition to defining these concepts, the paper examines how these theoretical frameworks truly apply to Soueif's narrative discourse and her female protagonist.
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عجائب الدنيا الطبيعية
يأخذنا هذا الكتاب، في رحلة عبر العالم بحثا عن أكثر العجائب الطبيعية جمالا وروعة على ظهر هذا الكوكب، تتضمن هذه العجائب بعضا من المناظر الطبيعية الخلابة التي تتضمن أجمل الشلالات، الجبال، الصحاري، البراكين وما إلى ذلك من ظواهر طبيعية شتى، مما يضفي عليه طابعا مرئيا مبسطا أثناء عرض عجائب الطبيعة المدهشة التي جذبت الكثيرين بملامحها وبمعالمها الفاتنة، إضافة إلى كونه دليلا شاملا للباحثين عن المعرفة.
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Recognizing the Child as a Hero
This study investigates young adult and children's literature through examining Lois Lowry's dystopian science fiction novel, The Giver, to explore the transformational journey of the protagonist, Jonas. Following Joseph Campbell's \"The Hero's Journey,\" Jonas evolves from an ordinary child to the Receiver of Memory in a seemingly utopian yet technologically advanced society. The central concept is the child as a hero archetype, where Jonas, despite his youth, displays immense bravery and determination in questioning authority figures and seeking truth. The study raises concerns about young individuals' agency in controlling their destinies amid significant obstacles. The research also explores Jonas's psychological development, drawing inspiration from Carl Jung's individuation process, whereas Jonas' internal conflict reflects the process, characterized by integrating elements of the Self. The study aims at answering the following questions: How does Jonas, as a juvenile hero, navigates challenges in his transformative journey? In what ways is the hero archetype employed to shape Jonas' identity as a saviour? To what extent does Jonas' internal conflict align with Carl Jung's individuation process? How does the integration of the hero's journey and individuation process empower young readers to recognize their potential for change? The study concludes that this narrative structure empowers young readers, allowing them to recognize their potential as agents of change and heroes in their own destinies.
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