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Journal Article
Résonances historiques et politiques dans L’Année de Bacchus d’El Mostafa Bouignane: vers une écriture de la résilience
2025
Overview
L’Année de Bacchus is a novel with historical and political resonances. It’s a retelling of the story of the theft of the statue of Bacchus from the Volubilis archaeological site in Meknes. The author examines a period of Moroccan history to question forms of authoritarianism and violence. He uses alternating historical facts and existential situations to re-examine an aspect of the years of terror. Totalitarianism and the devastation of the individual mark this “trau- matic” era. In this respect, the human body is the receptacle of this historical and political violence. In particular, tyranny and brutality leave indelible marks on the body, which is “the parchment-min of history”. The characters are mainly traumatized by the violent side of his- tory. On the other hand, the author transforms this historical and political violence, i.e. resent- ment, into a form of resilience. Writing, or rather rewriting history, can thus be seen as an attempt at reconciliation and forgiveness. For the narrator, love and writing foster forgiveness. L’Année de Bacchus belongs to the category of engaged novels: the author seeks to denounce the ills of his society, while sometimes taking a stand. The aim is to sublimate resentment through the power of art and literature. Bouignane’s writing is characterized by simplicity, with the aim of imbuing the story with a certain historical and truthful content. This uncluttered style is more or less inspired by impressionism, which arouses the reader’s emotions, while at the same time bringing novelistic writing closer to historical writing.
