La manifestation des émotions dans le texte maghrébin L`histoire comme pivot romanesque

Abstract

This thesis analyzes how Ryad Girod's The Eyes of Mansour shapes Algerian collective memory, particularly that marked by the trauma of the civil war of the 1990s and the Black Decade of 1992. Through a thematic and narrative approach, it highlights the literary devices that allow the author to depict national history as a space of pain, silence, and fragmentation. Structured in three parts, the work first explores the representation of historical and political memory, then collective emotions such as grief, guilt, and nostalgia. Finally, it focuses on the novel's narrative choices (fragmented narration, multiple voices, non-linear temporality) which reflect the difficulty of recounting a past that is still vivid and conflicting.