L’école française dans le fils du pauvre de Mouloud Feraoun : Rite de passage ou rite d’institution ?

In this brief study, we want to analyze the role of the colonial French school in the novel of Mouloud Feraoun “The Son of the Poor Man” (Le Fils du pauvre). The question is important because certain critics assert that this autobiographical novel reveals that the writer is a fervent follower of the...

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Main Author: Farida Boualit
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Language:fra
Published: Université Abderrahmane Mira 2013-06-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/multilinguales/2904
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description In this brief study, we want to analyze the role of the colonial French school in the novel of Mouloud Feraoun “The Son of the Poor Man” (Le Fils du pauvre). The question is important because certain critics assert that this autobiographical novel reveals that the writer is a fervent follower of the French colonial school thus of his ideology. It would mean that Mouloud Feraoun would have successfully undergone the (school) "rite of passage" in its three stages, according to the definition of A.Van Gennep. The hypothesis we shall try to demonstrate in this article is that Fouroulou Menrad/Mouloud Feraoun undergoes actually the "rite of passage" but as "rite of institution”, according to the definition of P. Bourdieu. This allows us to show that without failing in the rite of passage, Fouroulou Menrad/Mouloud Feraoun refuses to accept to submit himself to it. The notion of rite of institution reveals the condition of the rite which this writer does not accept: overtake the limit which separates him from his people. Our conclusion thus contradicts the thesis according to which Mouloud Feraoun would be the defender of the colonial French school.
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L’école française dans le fils du pauvre de Mouloud Feraoun : Rite de passage ou rite d’institution ?
Multilinguales
rite of passage
ethnocriticism
rite of institution
Mouloud Feraoun
The Son of the poor man
title L’école française dans le fils du pauvre de Mouloud Feraoun : Rite de passage ou rite d’institution ?
title_full L’école française dans le fils du pauvre de Mouloud Feraoun : Rite de passage ou rite d’institution ?
title_fullStr L’école française dans le fils du pauvre de Mouloud Feraoun : Rite de passage ou rite d’institution ?
title_full_unstemmed L’école française dans le fils du pauvre de Mouloud Feraoun : Rite de passage ou rite d’institution ?
title_short L’école française dans le fils du pauvre de Mouloud Feraoun : Rite de passage ou rite d’institution ?
title_sort l ecole francaise dans le fils du pauvre de mouloud feraoun rite de passage ou rite d institution
topic rite of passage
ethnocriticism
rite of institution
Mouloud Feraoun
The Son of the poor man
url https://journals.openedition.org/multilinguales/2904
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