LANGUAGE AND SPACE IN THE FICTION OF ASSIA DJEBAR AND LEILA SEBBAR.

The article focuses on the language and space in Assia Djebar's novel Vamour, "L'amour, la fantasia" and Leila Sebbar's "Fatima ou les Algériennes au square" and Shérazade." Djebar's works are set in Algeria. Her novels depict Algerian women, some like herself, women who have moved into the modern world, and others who are cloistered, physically and/or psychologically confined to closed spaces. Sebbar's geographical setting is France, specifically the urban ghettos. She focuses on the North African diaspora with which she shares the common bond of Maghrebian ancestors.