This essay attempts to demonstrate Brittany as seen by Le Clézio. In presenting the land of the writer’s ancestors, it relies heavily on a text described by himself as an ‵‵autobiographical tale′′ Chanson bretonne (2020). The essay also refers to a polyphonic novel, Revolutions (2003), which deepens the representation of the Breton country by a historical stratum. In line with geopoetic theories, the theme of the land does not stop in Le Clézio’s work at the level of description but attains the status of a more metaphorical representation. I propose to enrich the geopoetic approach with the methods of the geocritical and ecocritical approaches.

Keywords: Le Clézio, Brittany, geopoetics, geocriticism, deep ecology

Référence : Natalia Nielipowicz, La Bretagne ou « la magie du lieu » selon J.M.G.
Le Clézio, in: Revue romane. Langue et littérature, publié en ligne le
14 janvier 2025, 21 p.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/rro.23025.nie