Vallury, Rajeshwari S. <br/><br/>
Metaphors of invention and dissension :  aesthetics and politics in the postcolonial Algerian novel / 
Rajeshwari S. Vallury. 
 - 1 online resource (282 pages). 
 - Reinventing critical theory .
 - Reinventing critical theory. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Thinking Politics and Aesthetics. Metaphor, Or, the Folding Thread between Aesthetics and Politics -- The Potentiality of the Utopic Imaginary in Postcolonial Fiction -- Reading Aesthetics and Politics. Walking the Tightrope between Memory and History: Metaphor in Tahar Djaout's L'invention du desert -- The Dreams of the Just: Allegorizing the Community of Brotherhood in Tahar Djaout's Les vigiles and Le dernier ete de la raison -- Paradises Lost But Not Regained: The Politics of Utopia and Dystopia in Rachid Mimouni's Le fleuve detourne and La malediction -- The Novel Secularism of Rachid Mimouni's L'honneur de la tribu -- Conclustion. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781786603180 (e-book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Algerian fiction (French)--History and criticism.<br/>Literature and society--Algeria.<br/>Postcolonialism in literature.<br/>Nationalism in literature.<br/>Politics in literature.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PQ3988.5.A5  / V35 2017 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>843/.91409965