Generic hybridity and stylistic innovation in Mohamed Leftah’s Au bonheur des limbes

Abstract

The article aims to show that Mohamed Leftah's novelistic work does not lend itself to a traditional generic classification; his aesthetic of mixture reflects both the complexity of the characters, their psychological depth, and the diversity of reality. His work is fully in line with literary modernity. As a novelist, he has constantly sought to explore new avenues, to adopt innovative, distinct, and original writing strategies that reflect his inspirations and aspirations, his taste and temperament. His hybrid writing is characterized by a crossing of forms and a mixture of genres. It is a writing where poetry, myth, storytelling, polyphony, and humor intertwine. All of this gives Leftah's novels a unique and profoundly innovative identity. Thus, Leftahian aesthetics appears as a writing laboratory where formal experimentation serves a profoundly subversive purpose, both aesthetically and existentially.