Résumé:
Settler colonialism poses a dual threat, endangering both the land and history, as the danger of
historical erasure persists through the ongoing colonial legacies. This dissertation aims to study
how Adania Shibli in Minor Detail and Assia Djebar in “The Woman in Pieces”, reflect the
ongoing peril of historical erasure wrought by settler colonialism and its aftermath through a
nuanced interplay between archiving and intertextuality. This research combines comparative
intertextual analysis and thematic interpretations to investigate how the intersection of
archiving and intertextuality, in both texts, challenges historical erasure and highlights the voice
of marginalized women. The study examines the ways in which Shibli and Djebar use archiving
to preserve minority voices and national narratives, particularly through collecting and
maintaining historical records of cultural significance. It also looks at the implications of
archiving on the preservation of cultural heritage, avoiding historical erasure, and correcting
female (mis)representation. Similarly, it examines how intertextuality enhances the role and
significance of archival records, granting it a more inclusive view on representation, and by
extension female agency within the postcolonial context.
