Memory And Self-identity In Ayash Yahyaoui’s Lekbeche

Abstract

The current research paper deals with the relationship between memory and self-identity in the autobiography of the Algerian writer Ayach Yahyaoui Lekbeche, in which the writer relied on his childhood memories in order to define his identity and the identity of his country Algeria in general and the region in which he spent his childhood known as Alhoudna, which is the area of the historical embrace. Through it, he wanted to portray the historical truth of post-independence Algeria and to define his identity as a member of the then Algerian society. Using Locke’s Memory Theory of Personal Identity, throughout this research we will try to study the relationship between memory and identity and how Yahyaoui was able to formulate that in a meaningful poetic language.