French prof publishes new book
Tue. Mar. 29, 2016
Dr. Adina Balint, Assistant Professor of French in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, recently published a monograph on the 2008 Nobel Prize laureate for literature: Le Processus de création dans l’œuvre de J.M.G. Le Clézio (Amsterdam: Rodopi/Brill).
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What happens when inspiration bursts forth? How does one live through shocking experiences? And what meaning can be gleaned from transforming life experiences into fiction? "Le processus de création dans l’œuvre de J.M.G. Le Clézio" examines the process of literary creation in the writings of the 2008 Nobel Prize laureate for literature by outlining the relationships between poetics, philosophy and psychoanalysis ().