Rencontres de cultures dans La mère du printemps de Driss Chraïbi

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.