Popular Culture in the Algerian Literature: Wattar’s al- Laz (1974), Benhadouga’s Rih El Djanoub (1971) and Abdeljalil Mortad’s Domoue wa Chomoue (2001).

Abstract

The present research work deals with elements of popular culture in the Algerian literature, the case of Wattar’s al- Laz (1971), Benhadouga’s Rih El Djanoub (1974) and Abdeljalil Mortad’s Domoue wa Chomoue (2001). In the beginning, the research provides a brief overview of the Algerian literature and popular culture and its main elements and provides summaries of each novel and biographies of each writer. It also shows how the three writers used the elements of popular culture in their novels, and the similarities, and differences in the use of these elements in the three selected novels.