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A Metaphysical reading of John Donne's holy sonnet
(university of Oum-El-Bouaghi, 2014) Azzouz, Sabiha; Hadad, Mordjana
The present work seeks to define the use of the Metaphysical conceit in John Donne's "death be not proud". Death has always been considered as a dread and mysterious power that probes into our lives and takes away control of it. This study will show how John Donne defies death and reduces its power. It will also show how the poet grapples with the theme of death from different points of views. This study is our reading and response towards the poem and how it tackled such theme and the way it tackled it. In addition, the major point is to clarify the relation between the reader and the Sonnet "Death be not proud". Which is structured by the way Donne uses the conceit, and the metaphysical characteristics to
Apost colonial feminist reading of Ahlem Moustaghanemi " Memory in the flesh"
(university of Oum-El-Bouaghi, 2013) Aberkane, Khadija; Hadad, Mordjana
This study deals with a post colonial feminist reading of Ahlem Moustaghenmi’s memory in The Flesh. In fact reading this novel reveals Moustaghenmi as an Algerian woman writer, who fights on two fronts. First, she wants to decolonize the algerian mind from the ex-colonizer’s culture. Second, she contrives to push the woman from the margito the centre inapatriarchal society. So post colonialism and feminism share the principle of destroying the dichotomy of Margin / center depicted in Colonized / Colonizer and female/Male respectively. This study is conditioned by a cross cultural theory which includes post colonialism and feminism.
Black female suffering and self-reconciliation through writing in the "color purple" (1982)
(university of Oum-El-Bouaghi, 2014) Toualbia, Hala; Hadad, Mordjana
This study examines the protagonist's suffering, and her self-reconciliation through writing in Alice Walker's epistolary novel The color purple. Walker describes the double suffering of afro-american women as being black and female. celie, the protagonist of the color purple, manages to change her life and become a strong woman. She achieved that through writing letters to God and to her sister Nettie. These letters are the key elements in celie's self- reconciliation. And since, those letters help celie to assert herself as a strong woman with more confidence. So, this study follows the process of physical and self salvation through the analysis of celie's letters.
Black womanism in Flora Nwapa's Efuru (1966)
(university of Oum El Bouaghi, 2016) Rfif, Samah; Hadad, Mordjana
The african societies have always been depicted by the West as primitive and far from any kind of civilization. One of those depictions is the established image about women, they are oppressed and marginalized by men. Efuru, the main character of Flora Nwapa's first novel, incorporates strength, financial independence, freedom and positive attitude in facing her problems especially the one related to men. So, this research investigates the positive portrayal of African black women in the african patriarchal society in Flora Nwapa's Efuru. On one hand, efuru's characterization seems challenging, and even precedent to the white Western woman status, what white Feminism has advocated for many years. On the other hand, she represents perfectly womanism and african womanism as defined by Alice Walker and Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi respectively. Though, womanism has different definitions but it highlights the ability of women to be free and independent from any kind of social and cultural restrictions made by man. So, Flora Nwapa can be considered as a Feminist writer, however; this research deals with her as womanist.
Cultural hybridity in Henry James's Daisy Miller (1878)
(university of Oum-El-Bouaghi, 2014) Aboud, Sara; Hadad, Mordjana
The concept of culture is highly linked to place. It has known a lot of definitions in the modern times. It has created a sort of debate over its meaning between Europe and the United States. Henry James is indebted with the introduction of the international theme in literature, and therefore, he managed to reflect that debate in his novel Daisy Miller. This research focuses on the cultural hybridity and how this position of in between helped outsider persons to live peacefully. This hybridity has a great effect on the central character winterbourne; in which it changed his personality and his way of thinking totally. Whereas, the protagonist Daisy refused to change her attitudes and incorporate European culture and this what makes her fall in troubles with those new restrictions.
Culture and identity in Diana Abu-Jabber's the language of Baklava (2005)
(university of Oum-El-Bouaghi, 2014) Lemoudaa, Imene; Hadad, Mordjana
This study discusses the two main concepts : culture and identity in Diana Abu Jabber's the language of Baklava. It examines Diana Abu - Jabber's representation of culture and identity in the american Society. This work, too, analyses the use of a recurrent theme in the book which is food. It presents a rich depiction of food in Diana's family and how it creates a kind of unity within it. Food, here, can be described as a symbol of unity and roots. Though Diana's family is unified and sticks to its origin , it has faced a lot of problems related to culture .Diana is persistently torn between her Jordanian and american identities .Finally, she accepts and adopts the american identity.
Femininity in search for feminism a study of F. Scott Fitzgerald's " The beautiful and damned" and " Tender is the night "
(university of Oum El Bouaghi, 2016) Belkacemi, Ilhem; Hadad, Mordjana
The Jazz Age is a remarkable stage in America's history especially when it is related to women. During the Roaring Twenties, Women have variously been reconsidered from male perspectives. F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of the main recorders of that period, depicts the new emerging category of women known as Flappers. Those women are generally seen in a negative way and almost depicted as feminine. however, Fitzgerald's fiction asserts the positive image of the Flappers since they represent femininity in terms of constructing a feminist identity in front of masculine mistreatment. To grapple with the theme of searching for feminism through femininity, this work analyzes Fitzgerald's fictitious heroines, Gloria Gilbert, in The Beautiful and Damned (1922), and Nicole Warren, in tender is the Night (1934) . Adopting a feminist reading, both heroines represent the main issues of the Flapper's suffering. Therefore, this work depends on "Gender essentialism" as the feminist approach which defines femininity as the essence of Feminism and on the freudian psychoanalysis theory of the three components of the psyche, the Id, the ego, and the super-ego. To assert the image of Fitzgerald's fictitious heroines as females who serve all times and not only the Jazz Age since their main motivation for constructing feminist identity is that of increasing the value of feminine ideals.
Femininity in search for feminism a study of F. Scott Fitzgerald's " The beautiful and damned" and " Tender is the night "
(university of Oum El Bouaghi, 2016) Belkacemi, Ilhem; Hadad, Mordjana
The Jazz Age is a remarkable stage in America's history especially when it is related to women. During the Roaring Twenties, Women have variously been reconsidered from male perspectives. F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of the main recorders of that period, depicts the new emerging category of women known as Flappers. Those women are generally seen in a negative way and almost depicted as feminine. however, Fitzgerald's fiction asserts the positive image of the Flappers since they represent femininity in terms of constructing a feminist identity in front of masculine mistreatment. To grapple with the theme of searching for feminism through femininity, this work analyzes Fitzgerald's fictitious heroines, Gloria Gilbert, in The Beautiful and Damned (1922), and Nicole Warren, in tender is the Night (1934) . Adopting a feminist reading, both heroines represent the main issues of the Flapper's suffering. Therefore, this work depends on "Gender essentialism" as the feminist approach which defines femininity as the essence of Feminism and on the freudian psychoanalysis theory of the three components of the psyche, the Id, the ego, and the super-ego. To assert the image of Fitzgerald's fictitious heroines as females who serve all times and not only the Jazz Age since their main motivation for constructing feminist identity is that of increasing the value of feminine ideals.
Rethinking the superhero in the back panther
(Université De Larbi Ben M’hidi Oum EL Bouaghi, 2022) Saadi, Rached; Hadad, Mordjana
This research studies the Afrofuturistic genre and its main features in the Black Panther movie. It aims to show that this movie revolutionises the way the African are represented across the media and subverts all the stereotypical images associated to them. It also demonstrates that the Afrofuturistic aspects are well-represented through the main character, a black superhero; that contrasts all that is displayed by a white superhero. To this end, this study highlights Afrofuturistic features in the movie such as the Remix, Alienation, and Afropolitanism and attempts to underline the main components of the Black superhero at the two levels of appearance and mindset.
Science fiction and dystopia in Aldous Huxley's Brave new world (1932)
(university of Oum-El-Bouaghi, 2014) Silem, Messaoud; Hadad, Mordjana
This study examines the effects of science on society and how it turned it into a materialistic mechanical institution. It is also interested in the reflection of that new society in literature. In fact, many writers have moved from fiction to science fiction in order to show those changes. This research focuses on science fiction in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World (1932). It shows how this writer manages to depict the modern society through the use of science fiction. It shows the complementary relationship between science and literature and that literature is not less important when comparing it with science, they are two sides of the same coin.
The Concept of race and equality in Royall Tyler's the algeria captive; or, the life and adventures of doctor Updike Underhill six years a prisoner among the algerians (1797)
(university of Oum El Bouaghi, 2016) Boulouh, Ikram; Hadad, Mordjana
This Research intends to trace back the algerian- american relations during the eighteenth century. Throughout that time, western captives were held in Algiers and wrote about it in different accounts. Among captivity narratives that describe the situation of captives in the Muslim world during the eighteenth century, the work of Royall Tyler, The algerine Captive, is considered to be a real depiction of the situation of captives in Algiers considering the narrator Updike Underhill experience. This novel challenges the existent stereotypes about muslims and algerines and shows a different dimension from where the realities of captive treatment in the muslim world can be seen. This research clarifies the existence of captives rather than slaves in islam and investigates whether equality exists in a time of tension and hostility between Christians and Muslims. It also examines the role of captivity narratives in America. To illustrate these ideas a news historicist approach was used to recover the lost histories, also a cross cultural approach to compare between the Algerine and the American societies, and finally a post colonial theory to deconstruct the previous binaries about the Algerines and the muslims. The findings from the research confirm that Westerners created the myth of piracy and referred to the Algerines as pirates to justify their attacks on the Algerine shores. Also, the results show the existence of equality among the different races in Islam that values humans' rights, as it was witnessed by captives who lived among muslims. We conclude that most of those who wrote about Algiers have stereotypical ideas, such as Cervantes, so the real account of captive treatment in Algiers is that of Tyler, in which he deconstructs the binaries and challenges the early stereotypes.
The Family in the contemporary american society in Diana Abu Jaber's" Bird of paradise 2011"
(university of Oum-El-Bouaghi, 2016) Kateb, Fatima; Hadad, Mordjana
This study discusses the concept of family in Diana Abu Jaber's Birds of Paradise. It examines the cultural changes that happened to the Muir family, a modern nuclear American Family. As it is known, family is the bearer of culture. So, this work sheds light, too; on two emergent cultures, associated with family, in the contemporary American society: the adolescent's independence and the food industry. Felice the daughter of the Muir runs away from her family and causes an immense suffering to them. Her brother Stanley works in the food industry. The depiction of his business is an implicit criticism of it. Dealing with cultural issues in an American culture marks the shift in Diana Abu Jaber's themes. She changes the scope from issues concerning the Arab-American culture into problems that are related to the whole society. It can be a starting point for Diana Abu Jaber to choose the american identity.
The Impact of sufism on the contemporary american society in Elif Shafak's novel The forty rules of love 2010
(university of Oum El Bouaghi, 2016) Tolba, Mohamed Amine; Hadad, Mordjana
In the last few decades, there is an increasingly interest in reading Rumi's Sufis poems and in learning about Sufism in the american society. Elif Shafak's The forty rules of Love (2010) is about Ella, a typical white american character at the age of forty she converts to Sufism after she has learned about this mystical religion from Aziz a Scottish who turned a Sufist writer. So, this work attempts to trace the impact of Sufism on the american society through the analysis of The forty rules of love. Also, a part of this book is historical where the writer fluctuates between the 13th and 21st centuries events. This allows us to investigate the divergences and convergences between those two centuries trying to bridge the gap between the West and the East. It can be said that despite the fact that Elif is a Turkish writer, she aims to find a meeting point between the two radically different poles of the dichotomy East/West.
Western and japanese mythology in fullmetal alchemist brotherood
(university of Oum-El-Bouaghi, 2016) Cheraifia, Djihed; Hadad, Mordjana
Mythology has always defined the life and culture of people. It survived and it still survives in different shapes of culture especially the popular culture. Anime seems at first like any other means of entertainment, however, it is an important part of the Japanese popular culture that could be a host of different mythological elements. Though it is Japanese, anime incorporates and draws from both Western and Japanese mythologies. So, this work investigates the elements of Western and Japanese mythologies in a well-known anime entitled fullmetal alchemist brotherhood. This research aims at finding the possible source of ideas this anime is based on and its link with Western and Japanese mythology through the use of Myth Criticism.
Women in literary and cinematic representation then and now a comparative study between Margaret Atwood's The handmaid's tale and Gillian Flynn's Gone girl
(university of Oum El Bouaghi, 2016) Kalli, Imene; Hadad, Mordjana
Women have always been represented in a stereotypical way, as submissive, weak and dependent, in both literature and cinema. However, in the last few decades, a new image of women was born. Women started to be depicted as strong, powerful and independent. To trace this shift in literary and cinematic representation, this study chooses two novels adapted into movies. This research inquires into women's representation in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale (1985) and Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl (2012) and their adaptation into movies. So, this study analyses the gradual shift of women from the margin to the centre, through the use of Psychoanalysis and Feminism, mainly the principles of Freud's Defence Mechanism and De Beauvoir's Otherness. This study illustrates the change in women depiction through the two main female protagonists of the novels. Offred, the main female character of The Handmaid's Tale, is weak and obeys the rules of the commander. She cannot change her status, in the patriarchal society. On the other hand, Amy the protagonist of Gone Girl is the opposite of Offred. She is independent, dominant and manipulative of her husband and her entourage. Thus, this research displays the evolutionary development of the female protagonists and the new image they have achieved to be viewed as new powerful protagonists.

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