L’homme qui lisait des livres de Rachid Benzine : du témoignage à la fiction. Étude narratologique et intertextualité

Abstract

This dissertation examines Rachid Benzine’s novel L’Homme qui lisait des livres and explores how the writer combines fiction and testimony in order to offer a literary rewriting of Palestinian history. The study relies on a narratological and intertextual approach to analyze the construction of the narrative, the representation of memory, and the symbolic value of literary references. The findings reveal that the fragmented narrative reflects the pain of exile, war, and loss, while intertextuality helps express the unspeakable, resist oblivion, and universalize Palestinian suffering. Therefore, literature emerges as a space of memory, transmission, and resistance.