Poetics and Politics of Resistance in an Age of Tumult

Our era, marked by the simultaneous conflagration of environmental crises, geopolitical realignments, symbolic violences, and cultural upheavals, calls for a mode of thought and creation that is both lucid and expansive. If every sign becomes a message, not every message immediately attains the status of heritage ; the intellectual must strive for the triumph of a truth aware of its rightful relativity, conscious of its origins and, above all, its consequences, as Debré reminds us (219–45–6). The researcher, the intellectual, and the artist are thus invited to embrace a genuine “duty of resistance,” not in a heroic or spectacular sense, but within the continuity of an ethics of responsibility that Paul Ricœur defines as “relation to the other as equal” and the narration of the self as a condition of justice.

This interaction highlights the vulnerability of cultural legacies and invites us to rethink the patriot not as a mere guardian of immutable traditions, but as a critical actor engaged in constant scrutiny of our myths and symbols in order to retain, transform, or reject what is meaningful. As Jamel Zenati emphasizes, the true quest for meaning lies as much in redefining our identity markers as in the dynamic creation of plural narratives.

At the heart of this responsibility, poetry emerges as an irreplaceable critical force : it thwarts identity assignment by opening spaces of dissonance, elsewhere, and possibility. By reimagining metaphors and reconnecting the intimate and the collective, it renews the narrative pact that underpins our common humanity. Ricœur teaches us that narrativity grants human life a reflexive coherence, and it is precisely this capacity to weave plural narratives—individual and social—that allows us to resist the grip of commanding discourses and “official truths.”

This poetic stance resonates with contributions in this issue, where the implicit thread in certain texts evokes decolonization of the subject and Fanonian questioning : the revival of insurgent imaginaries and liberation through writing, articulated as silent yet potent acts of resistance. Without explicitly naming authors, we sense this spirit of thought in how poetry summons neglected narratives, remobilizes the memory of struggles, and projects possible worlds.

On the political level, resistance takes the form of an assumed critical practice : interrogating norms, uncovering exclusions, and subverting power logics by illuminating the invisible. Edgar Morin reminds us of the necessity of complex thought that connects scales—from local to global, from micro to macro—and marries scientific rigor with a holistic vision of societies. In this productive tension between rigorous analysis and poetic imagination, a space of freedom opens where the intellectual and researcher do more than compile knowledge : they engage reflexively to reveal the seeds of the future, in Ricœur’s hermeneutic, and confront the shadow of our heritage.

The role of the researcher and intellectual then is to articulate hermeneutics and engagement, to assume ethical responsibility toward the other as equal and toward future generations, forging a critical patriotism : renewed loyalty to a common world in perpetual recomposition, built through exchange, mutual responsibility, and creative indeterminacy.

Presentation of Sections and Articles : An Hermeneutics of Resistance

To extend the general reflection on forms of resistance, this section unveils the structure of the issue through its four main sections—Research, Methods, Chronicles, and Readings—each embodying a poetic and political analytical angle. These multilingual and cross-disciplinary articles form a hermeneutic journey where memory, otherness, narrative aesthetics, and critical engagement intertwine.

1. Research : Postcolonial Literature, Memory, and Otherness
   This section explores the relationship between historical memory and postcolonial narratives, highlighting how writing becomes an act of justice and contestation.

• Hacène Arab — Between Memory Justice and Literary Resistance : A Postcolonial Reading of De nos frères blessés by Joseph Andras

• Said Gada — The “National Character” in Among the Hill Folk of Algeria (1921) by Hilton-Simpson

• Soraya Hamadène & Souad Khelouiati — Hybrid Writing : Multilingualism and Multiculturalism in “Clash of Civilizations over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio” by Amara Lakhous

• Farida Hacid & Rabah Tabti — The Poetics of Transcreation and Identity Assertion in Mohia’s Work : A Reading of Menţţif akka wala seddaw uẓekka in Contemporary Kabyle Theater

• Racha Lagroum — Assia Djebar and the Rewriting of the Feminine : Literature, Performativity, and Resistance

• Yousra Mahi-Serir — Folklore and Literary Motifs in Ben Hadouga’s Rih El Janoub (The South Wind)

• Zakaria Khenouche & Abdellah Maassoum — The Istrian Exodus after World War II as Reported by La Stampa
  These research articles lay the foundations for a profound reflection on trace and otherness, opening the way to a critical memory that interrogates the present.

1. Methods : Representations, Genres, and Identities

• This methodological section offers protocols and stylistic analyses that reveal the mechanisms of meaning production, from literary texts to experimental narrative forms.

• Sofiane Maafa — Unleash the Monster : Female Mutilation Leading to Sinister Trauma in Stephen King’s Carrie

• Nora Achili, Faiza Rahil & Hamza Rahil — Corpus Stylistic Analysis of Jamaica Kincaid’s Lucy

• Nourelhouda Hallab — Experimental Narrative Aesthetics in Modern Arabic Fiction : Saïd Hafez’s Until My Heart Is Reassured

• Farida Meguellati — The Critical Perception of the Structure of the Classical Arabic Poem According to Ibn al-Sarraj al-Andalusi

• Siham Berouaken & Malika Benbouza — The Black Woman in Feminist Literature : Comparative Study of Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker and La Négresse by Aïcha Bennouar

• Ali Sahnin — Sociocriticism in the Works of Ammar Belhassen : Toward a Situated Critique of Concepts in the Algerian Context

• Saliha Berdi — From Literary Criticism to Cultural Criticism : Shifts in Vision and Methodology

• Farid Aouf — Environmental Representations in Early Arabic Literature : An Ecocritical Analysis of Zainab by Muhammad Hussein Heikal

• Leïla Bouakaz — Unwritten History and Disintegrated Identities : A Deconstructive Reading of Ana wa Hayim by Habib al-Sā’iḥ
  This section highlights the cross-cutting strength of modernist methods, inviting a critical reading of texts and cultural contexts.

1. Chronicles : Discourses, Cultural Practices, and Social Dynamics

• Chronicles provide an immediate look at social and cultural practices, revealing the identity and ritual stakes at play in contemporary society.

• Fadila Hocine & Safia Asselah-Rahal — Social Representations of Yennayer among Algerian University Faculty : Between Ritual Practices, Cultural Memory, and Amazigh Identity

• Abbas Amel — The Moor in Spanish Literature from the 16th to the 19th Centuries

• Mounira Derardja — Reconstruction through Narratives : Fairy Tales as Therapeutic Tools for Overcoming Trauma and Post-Traumatic Disorders

• Rim Amina Saouli — What Future for Raw Earth Architecture in Algeria ?

• Houria Djilali — The Place of Colloquial Speech in Linguistics
  These chronicles deploy the power of a microscopic gaze that brings to light the invisible dynamics of the social.

1. Readings
   The Readings section closes the issue by offering a dense meditation on the political and philosophical legitimacy of insurgent violence through a foundational reading of Fanon.

• Ashour Ben Kouider & Ibrahim Karach — The Legitimacy of Violence for the Liberation from Colonialism in Frantz Fanon’s Thought
  This reading echoes the major themes of the issue, reminding us that critical thought must also confront the radical ruptures of history.

In conclusion, these multilingual contributions trace a critical and poetic continuum where knowledge intertwines with aesthetic practices to resist domination and support the plurality of voices. Reading this issue means engaging in an ongoing dialogue with the past, present, and possible futures, through an ever-renewing hermeneutics.