Djazya et les Derviches by Abdelhamid Benhedouga The mythical body and disorder

This paper studies the representation of the female body in the novel Djazya et les Derviches by Abdelhamid Benhedouga. This character is the avatar of the well-known mythical figure Djazya of the Hilali epic. Due to her astounding beauty, the character is a source of harmony and of successive states of disorder that ensue in the village following her transgressive dance with the revolutionary student Lahmar.