The first Queer Autofictional novel of the «l'extrême contemporain»: Le voile mis à nu by Badia Hadj Nasser

Abstract

We analyze, from the Queer Theory paradigm, the first autofictional novel on account gender dissidence, peripheral sexualities and deconstruction of identity stigmatized written by a «l'extrême contemporain» Muslim novelist woman. We focus on three aspects of originality included in the novel –the theme, the compositional mode and speech– in order to show that it is worthy of being considered a queer work, by its transgressive nature and commitment to social criticism of his time