Maghrebin writing as a form of translation and phonics: reflections on novelistic production in the Algerian literary field

Abstract

This paper addresses the issue of translation in the Algerian novel. The traditional approach
to translation: the transfer of a text from one language into another calls for a profound reflection on
translation when it operates within the same cultural space characterized by a plurality of languages
(Maghrebi Arabic /north African Arabic, standard Arabic, Berber, French, ect.). The question is to
what extent it is possible to identify the limits and boundaries between languages in the Algerian
literary field. In this regard, we attempt to propose some avenues of reflection for the Algerian text,
focusing / with an emphasis on the "poetics" and the philosophy of "Relation" in Edouard Glissant's
work, so as to capture the aspects of translating in the act of writing.