المدونة
Volume 13, Numéro 1, Pages 303-322
2026-06-10

Writing History Otherwise: Individual Memory And Collective Narrative In Entendez-vous Dans Les Montagnes… And Pierre Sang Papier Ou Cendre By Maïssa Bey

Authors : Zaouidi Amel .

Abstract

Maïssa Bey, a leading figure in contemporary Algerian literature, revisits the Algerian War by intertwining individual memory and collective narrative beyond official historiography. In Entendez-vous dans les montagnes… and Pierre Sang Papier ou Cendre, she gives voice to marginalized and silent figures. Her work emphasizes the intimate and subjective, highlighting the traumas of colonization and war. By blending testimony, fiction, and memory writing, Bey shows how personal narratives shape collective memory, resistance, and the reappropriation of history.

Keywords

Maïssa Bey ; Algerian War ; writing of history ; individual and collective memory ; transmission