Writing away. (author Jean-Marie G. Le Clezio)(The Questing Fictions of J.M.G. Le Clezio)

From: World Literature Today | Date: September 22, 1997| Author: Motte, Warren | Copyright information

Novelist Jean-Marie G. Le Clezio's main characteristic is his ability to catapult his reader into a world that is different from the reader's real world. This can be seen from his novel 'Onitsha,' which relates the story of a boy who travels from France to Africa. The use of foreign names and foreign languages in the novel emphasize Le Clezio's goal of transporting the reader into another world. Moreover, the boy's interest in reading and writing stories demonstrate the use of literature as e...

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