Browsing by Author "Djeddai, Imen"

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The empowered female character in the science fiction of black women writers
(Université M'hamad Bougara : Faculté des Sciences, 2022) Djeddai, Imen; Benabed, Fella(Directeur de thèse)
Black women writers are deemed as newcomers to the realm of science fiction since this genre is historically associated with white male writers. In an alternative future, Octavia E. Butler, Nalo Hopkinson, Nnedi Okorafor, and Sherri L. Smith depict the interlocking elements of oppression, such as race, gender, and class. Therefore, I argue that, although white male writers have had their deep influence on science fiction throughout history, the African American and Caribbean women authors, that I have chosen in this study, subvert the interlocking elements of oppression, such as racism, sexism, and classism; they represent empowered Afrofuturist protagonists through their novels: Fledgling, Midnight Robber, the Binti trilogy, and Orleans. The aim of this thesis is to study black feminist science fiction and its relationship to issues that affect the lives of black women in twenty-first century America. In this thesis, I use black feminism, Afrofuturism, and the “Cyborg Manifesto” as theoret ical frameworks to analyze the aforementioned novels. The female protagonists, Shori Matthews, Tan Tan, Binti, and Fen de la Guerre use their own strategies to cope with oppression and marginalization, and they struggle in a male dominated world to become strong women. Consequently, Butler, Hopkinson, Okorafor, and Smith succeed in creating utopian societies that challenge the notions of racism, sexism, and classism in their imagined Afrofuturist worlds
Maternal Loss and the Single Black Mother in Afro Caribbean Literature: An Analysis of Nalo Hopkinson’s Midnight Robber= الفقدان الأمومي والأم العازبة السوداء في الأدب الإفريقي الكاريبي: دراسة تحليلية لرواية سارق منتصف الليل للكاتبة نالو هوبكنسون
(Université de Blida 2, 2023) Djeddai, Imen
This article aims to study the representation of maternal loss and the figure of the single black mother in Nalo Hopkinson’s Midnight Robber. In order to help to define black motherhood, two relationships of black mothers-children are analyzed, in the twenty first century America, as follows: Tan Tan and her mother Ione, and Tan Tan and her baby boy Tubman. Black feminism is used as a theoretical framework to analyze the protagonist’s socio-economic status and her identity development. Consequently, motherhood becomes a site of resistance through Tan Tan who fights against the intersectional paradigm of sexism and racism.
The Representation Of Feminist Ideology In The Emirati Science Fiction In Arabic
(Université Omar Telidji de Laghouat, 2022) Djeddai, Imen
In comparison to Western science fiction, there is a lack in the publication of science fiction novels in Arabic. The absence of Arab women characters leads Nora Al Noman, an author from the United Arab Emirates, to write her novel Ajwan. The writer shows the significant role of this genre in dealing with issues related to Arab women. This article aims to examine the characterization of the major female lead, Ajwan, in an alternative world and how she represents the feminist ideas. It focuses on the reaction of the protagonist to the concept of gender in a patriarchal society. Feminism is used as a theoretical framework to analyze the subversion of gender roles. In a post-apocalyptic world, Ajwan, who belongs to the Havaiki, experiences otherness in Al Zafir, However, she challenges marginalization and misogynist thought. Consequently, the major female lead becomes the empowered woman in her Arab community.
The Strong Binti in Nnedi Okorafor’s African American Science Fiction
(Université Hassiba Ben Bouali de Chlef, 2020) Djeddai, Imen; Benabed, Fella
By looking carefully at the history of science fiction, we can notice that African American authors have been excluded from the scene for a long time due to the “whiteness” of the genre in terms of writing and publication. In addition to racism, sexism persists in the science fiction community. Hence, marginalized black women writers of science fiction try to include more black women characters in their literary works. Through Binti, Binti: Home, and Binti: The Night Masquerade, Nnedi Okorafor focuses on the experience of being black and woman in a technological society of the future. This study discusses how Okorafor provides sharp comments on the lives of black women in America in terms of “race” and “gender.” She challenges the stereotypical image of the black woman as “other” through the subversion of white norms and traditions. In this analysis, we use “Afrofuturism” and “black feminism” as a theoretical framework since “Afrofuturism” tackles African American issues related to twentieth-century technoculture, and “black feminism” deals with black women empowerment. The major character, Binti, proves that she deserves to reach a higher position as an empowered girl of the future, which gives her self-confidence to be autonomous and to have control over her own life.