LE CLÉZIO’S THE DESERT AMIDST HISTORY AND MYTH

Dëfrim SALIU, Shejnaze AJDINI-MURTEZI, Besa SALIU

Abstract

The presence of elements of nature and their use by the author in this novel, as well as the relationship between them and the main character, Lalla, the desert girl, is the main concept behind this novel. Le Clézio’s attempt to create a special romantic universe, and in turn, the function of myth and history in literature, represents the constellation of beginning and end images that accompany the development of his work. The term legend in its broadest sense, which represents the desert as a geographical location where a historical event occurs, there may be a legendary dimension. The notions of legend, myth, and history revolve around three common points: what are the processes of deformation or elevation that contribute, by a proven historical fact, to the creation of legend, and that make people hesitate the Desert between reference and fiction. The transition to the literary field of the historical event is accompanied by a poetization of the episode and the place where it develops. This represents one of the inner aspects of the desert to encourage a poetic journey.

Pages: 44 - 50