Voyage et nostalgie dans Onitsha et L’Africain de J.M.G Le Clézio

Abstract

In the lights of geocriticism, this study analyzes the trajectory of nostalgic characters in Onitsha and L’Africain by J.M.G Le Clézio. Fleeing existential discomfort in their place of origin, the characters leave for somewhere else (Africa). Originally designed as a travel with the idea of returning, the journey turns into a quest for oneself. Influenced by encounters with African otherness that have fascinated and shaped their identity, travelers find it difficult to divest themselves of this space. An itinerary of the journey is then drawn by which the characters express their nostalgia for the lost paradise.

Keywords

• journey
• spaces
• discoveries
• nostalgia
• Le Clézio (Jean-Marie Gustave)