The Image of women in Women’s Writing Between the Authority of the Reference and the Freedom of Imagination -An approach to Assia Djebar's novels-

Abstract

Feminist literature is a modern literary phenomenon and one of the topics that has attracted the attention of critics and scholars. It is a branch of literature that deals with women's issues and focuses on feminist issues. It has recently emerged to prove the existence of women's creativity, which was previously monopolized by men, and to liberate women from the restrictions imposed by society, which prompted women to sweep the world of writing forcefully. For this reason, this research aims to approach Assia Djebar's novels, in an attempt to answer some questions: How was the woman (female) able to achieve her femininity and prove herself through writing, to break out of the centrality and dominance of the man (male)?... Trying to reveal the image of women in women's writing between the authority of the reference and the freedom of the imagination.