Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
INTERSTUDIA (BACAU), sa.38, ss.57-69, 2025 (Hakemli Dergi)
This article examines Rue des Pâquerettes (2018) by Mehdi Charef as a transitional work between Beur literature and banlieue literature, focusing on its thematic dimensions. Rooted in the socio-historical context of postcolonial migration from North Africa to France, the novel revisits the experience of marginalisation through the eyes of a child narrator. Moving beyond the sociological realism of early Beur writing, Charef establishes a new aesthetic of ethical silence, where language becomes a medium of dignity rather than resistance. Through a minimalist style and the absence of Verlan or argot, Rue des Pâquerettes transforms linguistic simplicity into moral clarity. The analysis highlights how Charef replaces anger with empathy, speech with silence, and exclusion with quiet endurance. The study argues that Rue des Pâquerettes exemplifies an ethical evolution in migrant writing : from a literature of testimony to a literature of compassion and human resilience.