SEVENTEENTH SESSION 2020-20221
Literary Studies and Criticism
- Born in 1935 in Tlemcen, Algeria.
- Joined the College of Arts and Humanities, Rabat-Morocco in 1960.
- Joined the Faculty of Law and Political Science and Rabat Social Sciences Institute in 1960.
- Graduated from the Higher Institute for Teacher Education, Rabat in 1963.
- In 1970, he was awarded a Ph.D. in the Arts from the University of Algeria for a thesis titled, “Al Maqamat Genre in Arab Literature”.
- In 1983, he obtained a Ph.D. in the Arts from Sorbonne University, Paris.
Career :
- 1956 Appointed as Primary School Teacher in Ahfir, Morocco.
- 1963 Appointed as Educational Consultant in Oran.
- 1963 Appointed as Arabic Teacher at Ibn Badis Secondary School in Oran.
- 1970 Appointed as a teacher of Arabic at Oran University.
- 1971 Appointed as Head of the Arabic Language and Literature Department at Oran University.
- 1974 Appointed as Director of the Institute for Arabic Language and Literature, Oran University.
- 1975 Voted as Chairman of the Algerian Writers Union in the western provinces.
- 1980-1983 Appointed as Vice Dean of Oran University.
- 1981 Voted as Board Member of the Algerian Writers’ Union.
- 1983-1986 Appointed as Director of the Department of Culture and Information in Oran.
- 1987 Received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Algerian President.
- 1984-1989 Voted as national Secretary-General of Algerian Writers’ Union.
- 1986 Promoted to Chair of Arabic at Oran University.
- 1988 Appointed as Member of the Advisory Board of Kitabat Mu’asira Magazine, Beirut.
- 1989 Appointed as Head of Arabic Language and Literature Research Unit at Oran University.
- 1986 Appointed as Chairman of Scientific Council at the Institute of Arabic and Literature, Oran University.
- 1993 Appointed as Member of the Advisory Board of Aswat magazine, Sanaa- Yemen.
- 1992 Editor-in-Chief of Al Hadatha magazine, released by the Institute of Arabic Language and Literature, Oran University.
- 1998 Founded Dirasat Jaz’iriya (Algerian Studies) magazine, released by the Institute of Arabic Language and Literature, Oran University.
- 1998-2001 Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Al Lugha Al Arabiya (The Arabic Language) magazine, released by the Supreme Council of Arabic Language.
- 1997-2000 Appointed as Member of the Advisory Board of the Foundation of Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain’s Prize for Poetic Creativity
- 1998 Appointed as Member of the Higher Islamic Council, the Presidency of the Algerian Republic.
- 1998-2001 Appointed as Chairman of the Supreme Council of Arabic Language.
- 1999 Appointed as Member of the Arab Cultural Center, Beirut.
- Represented the Algerian Writers’ Union at many Arab and International Conferences.
- His name was enlisted in Larousse encyclopedia and other Arab and international encyclopedias as a critic.
Important Publications :
- Al Qisa Fil Adab Al Arabi Al Qadim (The Story Genre in Classical Arabic Literature), 1968.
- Nahdat Al Adab Al Arabi Al Mu’aser Fil Jaze’er (The Renaissance of Contemporary Arabic Literature in Algeria) 1971, second edition 1980.
- Fan Al Maqamat fil Adab (Maqamat Genre in Arab Literature) 1980, second edition 1988, third edition 2008.
- Al Aamiya Al Jaz’iriya Wa Silatha Bil Fusha (The Algerian Vernacular and its Relationship to Classical Arabic) 1981, second edition 2008.
- Al AlGhaz Al Sha’biya Al Jaza’iriyya (Algerian Popular Riddles) 1981, second edition 2007.
- Al Nas Al Adabi: Min Ayn li Ayn (The Literary Text: Where From to Where To) 1983.
- Al THaqafa Al Arabiya Fil Jaza’er bayn Al Ta’thir Wal Ta’athur (Arab Culture in Algeria between Influencing and Being Influenced) 1981, second edition 1982, third edition 1983.
- Mu’jam Mawso’ei Li Mustalahat Al Thawra Al Jaza’iriyya (Encyclopedia of Algerian Revolution Terms), 1983, second edition 2001.
- Funoon Al Nathr Al Adabi Fil Jaza’ir (Literary Prose in Algeria) 1983.
- Al Shaikh Al Bashir Al Ibrahimi, 1984.
- Binyat Al Khitab Al Shi’ri (Structure of Poetic Discourse), 1986, second edition 1991.
- Fil Amthal Al Zira’iya Al Jaza’iriya (On Algerian Rural Proverbs), 1987.
- Anasir Al Turath Al Arabi fi Riwayat “Allaz” (Elements of Arab Heritage in the novel Allaz), 1987.
- Al Mitholojia Ind Al Arab (Mythology for Arabs), 1989, second edition 2007.
- Al Qissa Al Jaza’iriya Al Mu’asira (The Contemporary Algerian Short Story), 1990.
- Fi Nathariyyat Al Riwaya (On the Theory of the Novel), 1998.
- Al Kitaba fi Mawq’e Al Adam (Writing from Nothingness), 2003.
- Al Saba’ Mu’alaqat (The Seven Hanging Poems), 1999.
- Al Adab Al Ja’iri Al Qadeem (Classical Algerian Literature), 2000, second edition 2001.
- Nitham Al Khitab Al Qur’ani (Quranic Discourse), 2001.
- Fi Nathariyat Al Naqd (On Critical Theory), 2002, second edition 2006, third edition 2007.
- Adab Al Muqawama Al Wataniyya (National Resistance Literature) 2002.
- Al Islam Wal Qadaya Al Mu’asira (Islam and Contemporary Issues), 2003, second edition 2009.
- Nathariyyat Al Qira’a (Reading Theory), 2003.
- Malamih Al Adab Al Arabi Al Mu’asir fil Saudiya (Features of Contemporary Arab Literature in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), 2004.
- Mu’jam Al Shu’ara Al Jaza’iriyeen fil Qarn Al Ishreen (Encyclopedia of Algerian Poets in the 20th Century), 2007, second edition 2009.
- Nathariyyat Al Nas Al Adabi (Theory of Literary Texts), 2007.
- Rihla Nahw Al Mustaheel (A Journey to the Impossible), 2007.
- Nathariyyat Al Balagha (Theory of Rhetoric), 2010.
- Binyat Al Lugha Fil Shi’r Al Nabati (Language Structure in Nabati Poetry)
- He also authored many short stories and narrative texts.
- He coauthored a number of books in collaboration with other Arab and Western authors.