The Post-Colonial Reading of (Al Hay al latini)

Abstract

In the 20th century when newly independent countries were trying to eliminate colonial figure from their culture, literature and identities, they created a sort of literature entitled post-colonialism. This theory emphasizes on the critical reading that consider the post-colonial discourse and its big outcomes. The Arabic novel which was placed in the atmosphere of colonialism and post-colonialism” needed comprehensive and pervasive research in the fields of theory and post-colonial criticism. Soheil Idris, the Lebanon writer, worked on rethinking and studying social realities of post-colonial era of Lebanon and France in his novel Al HAY l- LATINI displayed people’s life, situations and sustainable effects of colonialism on popular culture. This research is intended to present a new step in the domain of this critical approach and deals with a post-colonial reading of this novel and probes and analyzes post-colonial meanings such as Orientalism, European-centeredness, Hybridity, Inferiority, Gender, and Subaltern. We show that Idris pay more attention to gender rather than the other elements.