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Les îles lecléziennes : mémoire et initiation

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Resumo:	The privileged space that an island represents is an integral part of the landscapes described by Le Clézio whose two novels Le Chercheur d'or and La quarantaine express the very essence of that space in order to convey its symbolic significance. Connected to his family history and also linked to the books he read in his childhood and to his dreams of adventure, the islands in the works of Le Clézio possess a poetry which express the paradox where evasion towards the horizon of the open seas appears to be in opposition with the feeling of being a prisoner in an isolated spot. The aim of this article is to study Le Clézio's islands in their socio-historic dimension where all the aspects of colonisation are to be found as well as the evocation of a reinvented childhood. The setting of the Mascarene Islands, painted in colours that are sometimes utopian, takes on the dimension of a territory conducive to a meeting with alterity and to an initiation into the sacred through the influence of insularity, thus upsetting the codes established in traditional novels.
Assunto:	the poetic aspect of space alterity childhood poétique de l’espace Le Clézio (J.-M. G.) île enfance altérité island
País:	Portugal
Tipo de documento:	journal article
Tipo de acesso:	Aberto
Instituição associada:	Carnets, Revista Electrónica de Estudos Franceses
Idioma:	francês
Origem:	Carnets, Revista Electrónica de Estudos Franceses

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Resumo:	The privileged space that an island represents is an integral part of the landscapes described by Le Clézio whose two novels Le Chercheur d'or and La quarantaine express the very essence of that space in order to convey its symbolic significance. Connected to his family history and also linked to the books he read in his childhood and to his dreams of adventure, the islands in the works of Le Clézio possess a poetry which express the paradox where evasion towards the horizon of the open seas appears to be in opposition with the feeling of being a prisoner in an isolated spot. The aim of this article is to study Le Clézio's islands in their socio-historic dimension where all the aspects of colonisation are to be found as well as the evocation of a reinvented childhood. The setting of the Mascarene Islands, painted in colours that are sometimes utopian, takes on the dimension of a territory conducive to a meeting with alterity and to an initiation into the sacred through the influence of insularity, thus upsetting the codes established in traditional novels.