Be Like Adam's Son - Theorising, Writing and Practising Peace in the Arab Region - Fernanda Fischione
8. Youssef Fadel’s Trilogy: Testifying Violence to Negotiate Peace in Moroccan Literature
Be Like Adam's Son - Theorising, Writing and Practising Peace in the Arab Region - Fernanda Fischione
Cristina Dozio [+]
Università degli Studi di Milano
Cristina Dozio is Assistant Professor of Arabic Language and Literature at Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy. Her research interests are modern and contemporary Arabic literature, satire, urban representation, and literary translation. Her book on literary humour in Egyptian fiction is Laugh like an Egyptian (De Gruyter Mouton 2021). She translates Arabic fiction into Italian.
Description
This chapter examines Youssef Fadel’s trilogy about the recent history of Morocco to understand how the fictional representation of the violence/peace pairing intertwines with the ongoing reconciliation process in the country. Fadel’s novels shed light on contested memories, exposing several forms of violence across society and conceiving peace as something to be achieved through negotiations.