Historical Presence in Algerian Children's Literature: Saadouni Bachir's Works as a Case Study

Abstract

If literature represents the aesthetic and artistic image of any country or nation, then in Algeria, it portrays a state of distortion and uprooting under despotic rule, leading Algeria to stumble in the abyss of intellectual and linguistic loss, following a strategy of crushing and annihilation of Algerian identity, with its core aim being the distortion of language and the implementation of linguistic colonization. Evidence of this lies in the fact that revolutionary literature and what preceded it are mostly written in the language of the colonizer, crossing over to a phase of revival and reclaiming of Arab linguistic essence requires a genuine invocation of consciousness free from flaws, skepticism, or annulment. As literature encompasses art, culture, and thought, Algerians' interest in it has been conscious, opening its doors and genres, including poetry, novels, short stories, and children's stories, directed towards the future
generation, who crafts the hope of the nation and realizes its aspirations, through the efforts of those involved, by preparing literature specialized for children, woven and polished to achieve significant goals of language, religion, and identity, built on a solid foundation documented by the history of the Algerian nation.