Université de Biskra - Diaspora Literature, I Owe Everything to Forgetting by Malika Mkadam, Etablissement

This research paper attempts to expose self writing in the works of Malika Mkadam;I Owe Everything to Your forgetfulness. This study is particularly about questioning the autobiographical project the fact and the fictional and that to comprehend the connectedness woven in these novel. Our study will be grounded on two theoretical concepts of self writing: the autobiography and the autofiction. From a methodological point of view, it will be a question of examining several elements that swing texts between referentiality and functionality. These elements are on one hand narrative; they reveal the writing strategy of M Mkadam. On the other hand, that of the thematic order which covers the objectives of self writing. Consequently, Mkadam 's self writing draws its particularity from both the commonly used processes and the network of meanings .