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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788532503321

Autore

Moser Keith A

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, 2012

ISBN

1-283-62987-9

0-7391-7206-9

9786613942326

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Disciplina

843/.914

Soggetti

Globalization in literature

Consumption (Economics) in literature

Material culture in literature

Social values in literature

Social justice in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.