La Quarantaine de J.M.G. Le Clézio: procedimientos narrativos

Abstract

L’analyse des techniques temporelles et narratologiques de La Quarantaine de J.M.G. Le Clézio dévoile la création de deux univers fictifs confrontés: d’une part, le temps monumental, représenté par les figures d’Autorité, d’autre part, le temps mythique et mystique du héros, Léon, qui devient «Autre» et s’identifie au poète Rimbaud. Comme lui, il se méta- morphose en personnage «maudit».

In our attempt to analyze the temporal and narrative techniques found in J.M.G. Le Clézio’s La Quarantaine , we have seen how the writer created two opposite uni- verses. On the one hand, Le Clézio deals with monumental time, represented by au- thoritative figures, and on the other hand, he introduces a time which can be consid- ered mythic as well as mystic: the time ex- perienced by Leon, the main character. Leon becomes “the other” and identifies himself with Rimbaud, the poet. Just like him, he develops into a cursed character.