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“Privileged Moments” in the Novels and Short Stories of J.M.G. Le Clézio: His Contemporary Development of a Traditional French Literary Device
Keith A. Moser
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. (Provided by publisher)
