Colonial oppression and Commitment in the two Literary Works:Yeats’s Cathleen Ni Houlihan and Mouloud Mammeri’s L’Opium et le Baton
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2022
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Mouloud Mammeri University
Abstract
This study investigate the intricate themes of colonial oppression and Commitment as they are depicted in the two seminal literary works :William Butler Yeats’ “Cathleen Ni Houlihan” and Mouloud Mammeri’s “L’Opium et le Baton” .Through the Lents of Frantz Fanon’s theory of “Concerning Violence” and Jean Paul Sartre’s theory of Commitment .Our study examines the character’s struggles against colonial subjugation highlighting Fanon’s exploration of violence as a means of reclaiming agency in the fact of oppression .This have relation with Sartre’s concept of commitment ,emphasizing the ethical responsibility to fight against injustice. The analysis delves into the nuanced portrayals of colonialism, shedding light on the psychological, social, and cultural dimensions of subjugation. This offers a deep understanding of complexities of colonialism a resilience of human spirit in the pursuit of freedom and self-determination.
We have divided our work into sections. In the first one we have dealt with the historical backgrounds of both Ireland and Algeria to put the two literary works in their contexts. In the second section we have dealt with the theme of Colonial oppression in both literary works. In the last section we have tried to apply the theory of commitment in William Butler Yeats’s “Cathleen Ni Houlihan” and L’Opium et le Baton by Mouloud Mammeri.
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51p. ; 30cm(+CD-Rom)
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Colonial oppression, Yeats’s Cathleen Ni Houlihan, Mouloud Mammeri, L’Opium et le Baton
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Literature and Interdisciplinary Approache