La Littérature Noire Symbole De Souffrance Et De Révolte. Etude De Cas Du Roman “racines” D’alex Haley Et Sa Traduction Vers L’arabe De Said Mohamed Abdelmouneem (الجذور)

Abstract

Une partie de l’Afrique noire a longtemps souffert de l’esclavage et de la maltraitance affectant la dignité et les droits de l’homme qui auraient procuré au peuple africain une vie descente et paisible. La littérature a pu exprimer les malheurs vécus par les Noirs opprimés, malmenés, privés de leur liberté et richesses naturelles, condamnés à des travaux forcés car seuls les mots ont su révéler la révolte de l’être africain et la dénonciation des atrocités qu’il a subies. Racines (d’origine Roots) est un magnifique et douloureux roman qui relate l’histoire d’une famille d’esclaves afro-américains en Amérique du Nord, écrit par Alex Haley et publié en 1976. Said Mohamed Abdelmouneem a –t-il pu transférer les idées du roman avec leur contexte historique et pu rendre le même effet ressenti par le lecteur du texte d’origine. C’est la question qu’on va soulever dans cet article pour voir si le traducteur a été fidèle dans son transfert et sut rendre le message exprimé dans le texte d’origine. Part of Black Africa has long suffered from slavery and mistreatment affecting dignity and human rights that would have given the African people a decent and peaceful life. Literature has been able to express the misfortunes of Black people who were oppressed, mistreated, and robbed of their freedom and natural resources; they were forced to do only hard labour. That is why only words have been able to reveal the revolt of the African man and denounce the atrocities he has suffered. ."Roots" is a beautiful and painful novel that tells the story of an American Black slave family in North America, written by Alex Haley and published in 1976. Did Said Mohamed Abdelmouneem succeed in translating the novel's ideas with their historical context and creating the same reaction in the reader as the original text? This question will be raised in this paper to see if the translator was faithful in his transfer and was able to convey the message expressed in the original text. For many centuries, a significant part of Sub-Saharan Africa endured the horrors of slavery, colonization, and various forms of abuse that severely violated human dignity and fundamental human rights. African peoples were deprived of their freedom, exploited on their own land or forcibly deported to foreign continents, stripped of their natural wealth, and subjected to forced labor. These injustices condemned them to lives marked by suffering, oppression, and dispossession. In response to this tragic reality, literature emerged as a powerful means of expression and resistance. Through words, writers were able to convey the pain endured by oppressed Black people, expose the brutality of slavery, and give voice to those who had long been silenced. Literary works thus played a crucial role in preserving collective memory and revealing the inner revolt of the African being against dehumanization and injustice. Published in 1976, Roots by Alex Haley is one of the most influential novels dealing with the history of African-American slavery. The novel recounts the moving story of several generations of an African family, beginning with the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa and following the lives of his descendants in North America. Through this deeply emotional and historically grounded narrative, Haley sheds light on the violence of the transatlantic slave trade, the systematic dehumanization of enslaved Africans, as well as their resilience, resistance, and enduring connection to their cultural roots. The Arabic translation of Roots by Said Mohamed Abdelmouneem raises a fundamental question: was the translator able to faithfully convey the ideas of the novel while preserving its historical, cultural, and emotional context? Did the translated text succeed in producing the same emotional impact on its readers as the original did? This article seeks to explore these questions by examining the translator’s fidelity and assessing how effectively the original message, human values, and symbolic depth of the novel have been transmitted.