K. Moser, “Privileged Moments” in the Novels and Short Stories of J.M.G. Le Clézio: His Contemporary Development of a Traditional French Literary Device

MOSER, Keith, “Privileged Moments” in the Novels and Short Stories of J.M.G. Le Clézio: His Contemporary Development of a Traditional French Literary Device, Lewiston / Ceredigion, 2008, 240 p.
ISBN 978-0-7734-5002-8

RÉSUMÉ

Contemporary French author J.M.G. Le Clézio is one of the most respected and prolific writers of his era. In this specific investigation, the intricacies as well as the limitations and paradoxes of three distinct types of “privileged moments' in Le Clézio's writings are methodologically explored. The author explores manifestations of these moments in the writings of earlier twentieth-century French writers such as Marcel Proust, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Albert Camus. The work also charts Le Clézio's literary transformation, the inexplicable instances of euphoria of his characters in commune with nature, and ends with a systematic investigation of sexual ecstasy shared with an Other in Désert, Le Chercheur d'or, and La Quarantaine.

TABLE DES MATIÈRES

Foreword by Prof. Bruno Thibault
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Literary Precursors
2. Le Clézio's Early Texts: From Existentialism to Lyricism
3. Privileged Moments Related to Nature's Elements
4. Musicality and Privileged Moments in Le Clézio's Works
5. Shared Moments of Sexual Ecstasy with an “Other”
6. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index