People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research University of Badji Mokhtar- Annaba Faculty of Letters and Languages Department of Letters and English Language Master in Language & Applied Linguistics by Thesis Submitted in Partial requirement for the Degree of Doctorate Es-science in Literature Presented by: Supervisor: Co-Supervisor: Salah Eddine AAID Prof. Hocine MAOUI Dr. Felicity HAND Members of the Jury Chairman: Prof. Salah BOUREGBI Badji Mokhtar Annaba University- Algeria Supervisor: Prof. Hocine MAOUI Badji Mokhtar Annaba University - Algeria Co-Supervisor: Dr. Felicity HAND Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona- Spain Examiner: Dr. Houda HAMDI 8 Mai 1945 Guelma University Examiner: Dr. Leila BELLOUR Abdelhafid Boussouf University Center Mila - Algeria Examiner: Prof. Mohammed Seghir HALIMI Kasdi Merbah Ouargla University- Algeria 2021/2022 Diaspora as a Decentering Center: The Reconfiguration of (Self) Representation, Identity and the Nation-State in Black British Fiction