Post-colonial criticism of the novel ‘Ghadan Youmon-Jadid’ by Abdol Hamid ibn-eHadouqa: A case study of Ethnicity

Literature of a nation consists of components that serve as the best and most visible means of understanding the attitudes and the worldview of that nation. When it comes to recounting the intellectual foundations of a nation in the field of literature, post-colonial literature has a great contribution. This is because it expresses the attitudes and positions of that nation against foreign colonialism. The long-standing presence of French colonialism in Algeria has led to the emergence and prosperity of post-colonial literature in that country. The novel "Ghadan youmon jadid" by "Abdol Hamid ibn-e Hadouqa" narrates the effects of colonial racism on the people of Algeria. Using a descriptive-analytical method, the present research seeks to analyze the most important fields of colonial racism in the novel and interpret them with examples. It also addresses the reasons for the emergence of colonial racism in the characters of the story and the way the author resolves this problem. The post-colonial analysis of the novel suggests that colonial racism has been practiced in the biological, religious, judicial, and internal aspects of the society. Vocational monopoly is another manifestation of racism. The author's strategy to get out of this crisis is to rely on indigenous culture and history, to gain knowledge about Europeans, and to reinforce the spirit of unity, resistance and oppression in the people.