THE ASSESMENT OF GENDER AND POWER RELATIONS IN MYTHOLOGY A STUDY OF ALGERIAN MYTHOLOGIES IN TERMS OF POWER, LANGUAGE AND GENDER ASPECTS

This paper deals with the assessment and the investigation of Algerian mythologies in terms of gender and monster affiliations. It is also the part where various theories in relation to mythical studies and intersecting with gender issues are tested and scrutinised in multiple contexts. In this part, we move from a general space “World Mythologies” into a more specific setting “Algerian Mythologies”. Since mythologies are manifested in two forms “Aetiology” and “Charter”. This endeavour is the synthesis of an acute scrutiny of narratives using approaches such as the “Mythodological approach”. This latter is related to the functional approach of mythology and aims at unveiling and studying the charter aspects of narratives in addition to individuals' status in society. Moreover, it attempts to classify Algerian mythologies in terms of power, and gender using models of different scholars, such as Charter model for Malinowski, and deals with Monster affiliation for both women and men as they empower or weaken individuals.