ABSTRACTCONSTRUCTION IDENTITAIRE DES MINORITES CULTURELLES ET DES IMMIGRES D’ORIGINE AFRICAINE EN FRANCE: UNE IDENTITE UNIQUE OU PLURIELLE?ByEmmanuel Kwassi AkonoThe aim of this dissertation is to explore the works of Azouz Begag and Leïla Houari to question a complex model of identity among postcolonial born Africans especially those who belong to the maghrebian background. It also consists of pressing for new theories which value a concept of a constructed subjectivity and a rupture with a monolithic mentality. The main purpose of this study is to examine, through a series of close textual readings, how the text becomes the only dynamic space for a creative discourse of identity which emerges from an intercultural space.In chapter one, we argue that the significant concern of African writers is the quest for the correct cultural identity of young Maghrebians who represent two cultures and two worlds at the same time. For example, the journey of Houari to acquire a singular cultural subjectivity is ruined because she is a product of exile cultures. This narrative articulates how Zeida becomes an obstacle and how the character awakens to a self that can only be situated in a nulle part space.In chapter two, we emphasize the reactions of African writers through which theiiconfiscation of their freedom of speech burdens the African values, especially their cultural identity they want to pass to the young generation which believes being an integral part of the European society where they seem to fit better but where they are excluded.In chapter three, we explore the work of Begag to demonstrate in the first part, the mechanism of intimidation that the French educational system employs to persuade the character to underestimate his origins and assimilate into the mainstream culture. In the second part and third parts, we stress that the author’s style becomes a way for him to eliminate the dialectical relationship between France and Algeria. Thus, they could place Arabic and French cultures on the same step as language can serve as a vehicle of communication among diverse cultures and identities in a global context.
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