Identity crisis of Algerians diaspora between self-culture and foreign language

Abstract

The Algerian novel, written in French, addressed various issues relating to Algerian man, as it was able to portray his reality and express his personality with creative artistic insights. However, the problems of identity and religious, ethnic and ideological affiliation continued to occupy the minds of Algerian immigrant novelists who lived away from the homeland and language. Hence, was the Algerian novelist able to overcome the identity crisis in his journey of searching for the Algerian self and expressing its cultural particularities in his literature? Or did the language barrier prevent it? The research therefore highlights the issue of proving national identity while writing in the language of the other among Algerian novelists such as Malek Haddad, who likened French language writings to exile.