J.M.G. Le Clézio : a concerned citizen of the global village / Keith Moser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moser, Keith A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization in literature.

Consumption (Economics) in literature.

Material culture in literature.

Social values in literature.

Social justice in literature.

Le Clézio, J.-M. G. (Jean-Marie Gustave), 1940---Political and social views.

Le Clézio, J.-M. G.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This monograph represents the first comprehensive study of the multifaceted representations of the complex phenomenon of globalization in the diverse repertoire of the 2008 Nobel Laureate in Literature. This interdisciplinary investigation explores the original euphoria related to the ambivalent concept of the 'global village' and how this evaporated dream can perhaps be re-appropriated and redefined to create a better global society for both the human and Cosmic Other through the lens of Le Clézio's fiction.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: The "Global Village"; Chapter Two: Defending the Marginalized and Disenfranchised Inhabitants of the Global Village; Chapter Three: Consumerism, the Media, and the Anonymous Forces that Sustain the Modern World in Le Clézio's Narratives; Chapter Four: Deconstructing the "Genesis Myth" and Simulating Cosmic Empathy for the Entire Material Universe; Chapter Five: Resisting Global Hegemonic Domination in Le Clézio's Narratives and the Importance of Interculturality; Conclusion; Postscript: "Doubting Must Be the Beginning of Wisdom"

ReferencesIndex; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

1-283-62987-9

0-7391-7206-9

9786613942326

OCLC:

813285792