TY - JOUR
T1 - My self, my other
T2 - Modernism and postcolonial bildung in assia djebar's algerian quartet
AU - Castle, Gregory
PY - 2013/9/1
Y1 - 2013/9/1
N2 - In recent years, Bildung and the Bildungsroman genre have attracted considerable attention, especially in modernist and postcolonial studies, which have re-evaluated the former's conceptual relevance and the latter's formal efficacy. In postcolonial fiction, the fissure, or contradiction, in classical Bildung and modernity itself becomes the source of new forms of identity and community. Assia Djebar's Algerian Quartet explores alternative means of achieving cultural and aesthetic wholeness through new modes of auto/biographical writing. In her nonlinear, polyvocal, and syncopated narratives, we find instead alternatives to conventional Bildung that are more adaptable to non-Western modes of social belonging.
AB - In recent years, Bildung and the Bildungsroman genre have attracted considerable attention, especially in modernist and postcolonial studies, which have re-evaluated the former's conceptual relevance and the latter's formal efficacy. In postcolonial fiction, the fissure, or contradiction, in classical Bildung and modernity itself becomes the source of new forms of identity and community. Assia Djebar's Algerian Quartet explores alternative means of achieving cultural and aesthetic wholeness through new modes of auto/biographical writing. In her nonlinear, polyvocal, and syncopated narratives, we find instead alternatives to conventional Bildung that are more adaptable to non-Western modes of social belonging.
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U2 - 10.1353/mfs.2013.0041
DO - 10.1353/mfs.2013.0041
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84890353368
VL - 59
SP - 628
EP - 648
JO - MFS - Modern Fiction Studies
JF - MFS - Modern Fiction Studies
SN - 0026-7724
IS - 3
ER -