TITLE:
A Study on Periods and Themes of Le Clézio’s Literary Creation
AUTHORS:
Jun Yu
KEYWORDS:
Le Clézio, Literary Creation, Criticism, Civilization
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Modern Linguistics,
Vol.9 No.1,
February
21,
2019
ABSTRACT: J.M.G. Le Clézio is obviously one of the most famous contemporary French writers, and his works have been translated into many languages and spread around the world. After he won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature, he received worldwide recognition. This paper focuses on the research of Le Clézio’s literary creation, analyzes the evolution of his writing style and characteristics of two periods of his literary creation, then extracts five main themes in his works during his two periods of creation, and makes an interpretation of his spirit of criticism, humane care and desire of escaping from the city and blending into the nature and exotic civilization.