ABSTRACT This article explores animal tales in two modern Libyan novels: Sarīb (2001; A Long Story) by Aḥmad al-Faytūrī and La compagnie des Tripolitaines (2011; Under the Tripoli Sky) by Kamal Ben Hameda. The article argues that the tales, interwoven with other layers of history in the narratives that frame them, represent ways of recuperating collective memory from experiences of vulnerability within war, deprivation and oppression, while also testifying, more broadly, to the violence that underlies nation, empire and civilization. Examining the context of 1960s’ Libya, in which the tales are told, as well as their female tellers and young recipients, it relates them to notions of creaturely memory and deep history, which serve to destabilize accepted narratives of nation, and uncomplicated notions of human progress and ascendency.

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生物记忆：现代利比亚小说中的动物故事和深厚的历史

摘要 本文探讨了两部现代利比亚小说中的动物故事：Aḥmad al-Faytūrī 的 Sarīb（2001；A Long Story）和 Kamal Ben Hameda 的 La compagnie des Tripolitaines（2011；Under the Tripoli Sky）。文章认为，这些故事与构成它们的叙事中的其他历史层次交织在一起，代表了从战争、剥夺和压迫中的脆弱经历中恢复集体记忆的方式，同时也更广泛地证明了国家背后的暴力。 ，帝国与文明。考察 1960 年代讲述这些故事的利比亚的背景，以及讲述故事的女性讲述者和年轻的接受者，它将它们与生物记忆和深厚历史的概念联系起来，这有助于破坏公认的民族叙事，以及简单的人类的进步和进步。