Abstract:
The research in this humble work aims at analyzing the subject of t Meeting of
Cultures or The Intercultural in The Mother of Spring by Driss Chraibi.
This research leads to determine the theoretical frame which represents some
ideas concerning the subject and the nature of the novel, according to the
works of theorists and critics, by giving a model of social critique as a
theoretical ground for our studies. Thanks to this research, we can determine
the kind of the cultural relationships in the novel and also the results of
this interaction. Therefore, we‟ve studied all kinds of the dual relationships
throughout the novel‟s characters who have different cultures, by studying
their actions , their reactions and also the influence on people via their
friendships and conflicts.
Some historical characters represent their people‟s orientations , that‟s
why we have deduced that there is a sense of conflicts and harmony from
time to time. From another hand, we‟ve spotlighted on the encouragements of
this iteraction and the resources of the cultural memory which enables us
to discover the positive value that Chraibi gave to woman for her important
role in the novel which contributed to save the cultural heritage and the
collective memory. In addition, to her position among men contrary to
her picture given in the novel of “The Past Simpleŗ.
The study of different cultural practices in the novel allows us to analyze
some verbal cultural phenomena and mythical beliefs and also to decode
the symbols especially frequent names and symbolical numbers in the
trio of Chraibi particularly in this novel.
Finally, we have tried to look at the total nove l, thus to know to what
extent Chraibi„s cultural resources influence his writing .Moreover , the
cultural diversity in the novel which reflects a sense of conflict and
harmony has an ideological backgrounds, Chraibi wanted to treat in this
literal project throughout his personal vision to the world.
