Écrire la guerre civile algérienne : la mise en place d’un nouveau pacte de lecture dans Le Serment des barbares de Boualem Sansal

During the Black Decade, Algerian French speaking writers were confronted with several issues in the way their novels were received. The meaning of these novels has often been misrepresented. Boualem Sansal, whose first novel was published in 1999, develops original generic and enunciative strategies to bypass the obstacles that he noticed during these troubled years. He lays the foundations for a new deal with his readers, based on ethics and responsibility. The author aims to show that the denunciation of violence and its root causes can only make a significant impact if the reader is involved as an active partner.