Africa and the Awakening of the Senses in L’Africain by J. M. G. Le Clézio Cover Image

L’Afrique et l’éveil des sens dans L’Africain de J. M. G. Le Clézio
Africa and the Awakening of the Senses in L’Africain by J. M. G. Le Clézio

Author(s): Natalia Nielipowicz
Subject(s): Photography, French Literature, Human Ecology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: Le Clézio; L’Africain; polisensorism; African landscape; ecological engagement;

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on issues concerning Central Africa as depicted in the essay by Le Clézio L’Africain (2004). The geocritical approach to the story told in the piece, will allow us to consider the polisensorism present in the scriptural, and, at times, in the pictorial language by Le Clézio, as all the senses are important and present in his perception of the African landscape. We strive to study the impact of such understanding of space on the development of the subject and its relationship with the world. We also investigate whether this empirical knowledge shapes, to some extent, his ecological attitudes.

  • Issue Year: 44/2020
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 17-26
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: French