قراءات
Volume 16, Numéro 1, Pages 401-426
2024-12-01

A Contrapuntal Reading Of President Macron’s Declaration On “audin’s Death” (2018): Implications For The Franco-algerian Reconciliation

Authors : Benmerabet Naime .

Abstract

Utilizing Edward Said’s contrapuntal analysis approach, the article seeks to demystify the “univocal” French narrative about the Franco-Algerian relations during and after the Algerian war of independence. Most importantly, the article scrutinizes President Macron declaration on the death of Maurice Audin to demonstrate the unidirectional French historical narrative that assertively excludes any alternative or pluralized perspective to the Franco-Algerian history. It, thus, reveals that the French univocal historical narrative is inherently insufficient to convey the thorough truth.

Keywords

Algerian War of Independence ; Franco-Algerian rapprochement ; Audin’s death ; Said’s contrapuntral reading