LA DIMENSION TEMPORELLE ET SON INSCRIPTIONDANS L’HISTOIRE CHEZ YASMINA KHADRA :devoir de vérité, pouvoir de l’imagination

What is the relationship between history and novel fiction? Is not there any connection establishing unity,complementarity or contrast between them? Many theorists, such as J. LEVI and D. LANDES, have found that thisbond is problematic and very complex. Yasmina KHADRA was able through his two novels The Lord’s lambsand Wolf Dreams to utilize this link to underline the tragic situation that Algeria endured in the nineties. Thispaper will attempt to point to the close connection between the novel and history in an accessible world wherefiction and reality converse in a silent fantasizing.