الرواق
Volume 12, Numéro 1, Pages 164-188
2026-06-05
Identity And Displacement In Leïla Sebbar’s Silence On The Shore: A Postcolonial Study Of Space, Language, And Narrative
Authors : Ghazi Assia . Ghomri Tedj .
Abstract
This paper will examine Leila Sebbar’s creative writing by shedding more light on the inconsistent cultural duality that exiled individuals encounter when enquiring about their true identity. Therefore, this article will analyze the novel Silence on the Shore, through the perspectives of postcolonial theory, memory studies, and feminist critique to reveal the novel's controversial quest for identity. Thus, we argue that Sebbar consciously employed fragmentation, linguistic, and spatial narrative to effectively portray her protagonist's fractured identity along with the postcolonial subject. Moreover, this study will also explain how the reconstruction of national identities in exile might be very disadvantageous due to various historical and cultural factors. Nevertheless, our investigation will revolve around the doubly exiled identity located at the crossroads of two distinct shores and cultures, besides the conflicting feelings of hybridity and otherness.
Keywords
silence ; sebbar ; identity ; exile ; hybridiry ; displacement
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