Le Clézio and The Myth of "Noble Savage"
Subject Areas : Mytho
الهام سجادی
1
(
مدرس زبان و ادبیات فرانسه دانشگاه آزاداسلامی ـ واحد قم
)
Keywords: modernity, Noble Savage, Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, Indians,
Abstract :
The myth of "Noble Savage" was shaped with the discovery and conquest of America. Although the phrase first appeared in the sixteenth century, it became identified with the idealized picture of "nature's gentleman". The term "Noble Savage" refers to the concept of the natural man, unencumbered by either civilization or religion. After a lengthy sojourn with Indians in the rain forests of Panama, Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (born 13 April 1940), French author and the 2008 Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature, portrayed the Indians and criticized modernity and mechanized Western civilization. The present article, by analyzing the origin of the myth of "Noble Savage", studies the works of Le Clézio.
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