Mémoire de la guerre dans l’œuvre de Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
The Memory of War in the Work of Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

Summary/Abstract: Literature is often the end result of reminiscing as well as obliterating and forgetting, as the creative surge gives way to either imagination or memory. Writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio is one of those authors who live between two worlds, which means that, in order for him to be at peace with himself, he claims French as well as Mauritian cultural heritage. The leclesian literary universe reveals snaps of the author’s life, amongst which is also his experience during the Second World War. In his work, Jean-Marie reminisces about his childhood and the time spent in his home town because of the war. In doing so, he transforms his experiences in prose material, analysing and giving them new meaning. At the same time, his work references testimonies and other traumatising events which the writer either inherited from his family or received from people he met throughout the years. For these reasons, the leclesian literature grows from memory rather than imagination. In this article, we aim to discuss the way in which Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio deals with the war theme - a theme closely linked to the memory and recollections of a writer born in 1940.

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