Abstract EN:

It is worth nothing that without a number of definitions and a view theoretical analysis, this work would not be complete. French literature, be it ot past centuries orientalists or xxth century writers essentially from the maghreb, displays a number of general views and images about the arab world as awhole. This paper is concerned firstly and foremostly with such views that usually prevail in literary texts and which draw a particular picture of the arab muslim society from the inside and for the outside. As can be seen through the texts, i have studied, the prevalent vision about the easem part of the arab world is somewhat ambiguous. It has a legendary figure,and converys long-held stereotyped images that can or rather shu'd be viewed as mythical. My approach differs from that of both orientalists and maghreb writers when the subject affects the arabs in their culture, religion or sense of being. Also, when the image is likely to arouse general discomfort. The analysis of maghreb writers were note able to create a coherent and real vision of their society. Theres were dominated by ideological and myth very often borrowed from their western culture. More interstingly, this doctorat helps readers conceive of mythical questions in this particulor area which have so far been grotesquely caricatured.