Romain Gary is a writer with the racial characteristics of the Jews and the identity of the Russian refugees.
But what is important is that these two elements do not merely provide an opportunity to explore the writer.
They give one an opportunity to access his literary origins.
This ...
Romain Gary is a writer with the racial characteristics of the Jews and the identity of the Russian refugees.
But what is important is that these two elements do not merely provide an opportunity to explore the writer.
They give one an opportunity to access his literary origins.
This argument is based on the historical criticism method of the literary critic Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve and Gustave Lanson.
They argue that the artist’s work environment and biographical factors have an influence on the composition of the work.
So, it is recommended that one looks at the biography of the artist before looking at a work.
Therefore, this paper is a work of examining the origins of Romain Gary's works while recognizing their critical methodology.
In the year 1914, when the First World War broke out, Romain Gary was born with the name of Romain Kacew in Russia.
At a young age, he began to journey through Moscow, which was greatly disturbed by the Russian Revolution, and several cities in Eastern Europe, such as Vilnius, Warsaw. And in 1928, he and his mother, Nina, settled in Nice, France, to finish this long journey.
This journey became the literary nourishment of Gary.
The 'childhood', which he endeavored to become a French with his mother, and World War II, which brought him a true French nationality, were continually used as material and subject for most of his work.
For example, his first novel, Éducation européenne is the story of the Polish resistance against the German army.
Les Racines du ciel, a novel which gave him ‘Le Prix de Goncourt’, is about the wounds and division that World War II left behind in Africa.
Additionally, the second novel, La vie devant soi, is also a story about the alienation and conflict in the French society that was not lost even after the war.
Finally, his last work, Les Cerfs-volants, is a story about a Nazi collaborator during the time of World War II, and the national division in France due to the resistance.
In order to study the racial status limitation of Gary, we have specified the scope of the study.
First, we started with a general consideration of ethical, cultural and historical aspects of the Jewish people, the most important element in the origin of Gary’s work.
It is not necessary to mention all the history of the Jews starting from the BC.
However, what highly affected the writer who was born in 1914 were the important factors of ‘anti-Semitism’ that began when the Jews first settled into the European society, we looked at the history of Jewish migration, the origin of ‘anti-semitism’ and the impacts they had on the racial limitations.
In addition, while looking into the life of the writer’s childhood when he left Russia and lived in Vilnius and Warsaw in Eastern Europe, we studied his identity crisis and limitation due to oppression and discrimination that he experienced.
After reviewing these sources, we were only then able to see Gary’s process of acquiring national identity as a Frenchman.
In the process of studying why he chose France, we paid attention to his family background, which can be summarized as 'father's absence' and 'mother's sacrifice', and the existence of the mother who directly and indirectly affected the life of Romain Gary.
His mother hoped for the success of her son through her sacrifice and struggle.
To her, the success of Gary was to escape the two bridges of being a Jew and an immigrant, and to be recognized as a true French.
In Gary’s autobiographical work, he confesses that his influences of life, such as writing as part of his artistic success, heading to France, and becoming a diplomat in the Foreign Ministry of France, were mostly impacted by his mother.
The influence of her led him to make various efforts to secure his national identity.
These attemps finally paid off when he was able to settle in France with his mother in 1928. However, Gary continued to experience the persistence of prejudice and discrimination.
Fortunately, by joining the “Free French Army” led by General Charles de Gaulle during World War II, he was granted a new identity.
He was no longer a poor Jewish immgrant from Russia, he became a trusted member of the Resistance.
Romain Gary is a writer with the racial characteristics of the Jews and the identity of the Russian refugees.
But what is important is that these two elements do not merely provide an opportunity to explore the writer.
They give one an opportunity to access his literary origins.
This argument is based on the historical criticism method of the literary critic Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve and Gustave Lanson.
They argue that the artist’s work environment and biographical factors have an influence on the composition of the work.
So, it is recommended that one looks at the biography of the artist before looking at a work.
Therefore, this paper is a work of examining the origins of Romain Gary's works while recognizing their critical methodology.
In the year 1914, when the First World War broke out, Romain Gary was born with the name of Romain Kacew in Russia.
At a young age, he began to journey through Moscow, which was greatly disturbed by the Russian Revolution, and several cities in Eastern Europe, such as Vilnius, Warsaw. And in 1928, he and his mother, Nina, settled in Nice, France, to finish this long journey.
This journey became the literary nourishment of Gary.
The 'childhood', which he endeavored to become a French with his mother, and World War II, which brought him a true French nationality, were continually used as material and subject for most of his work.
For example, his first novel, Éducation européenne is the story of the Polish resistance against the German army.
Les Racines du ciel, a novel which gave him ‘Le Prix de Goncourt’, is about the wounds and division that World War II left behind in Africa.
Additionally, the second novel, La vie devant soi, is also a story about the alienation and conflict in the French society that was not lost even after the war.
Finally, his last work, Les Cerfs-volants, is a story about a Nazi collaborator during the time of World War II, and the national division in France due to the resistance.
In order to study the racial status limitation of Gary, we have specified the scope of the study.
First, we started with a general consideration of ethical, cultural and historical aspects of the Jewish people, the most important element in the origin of Gary’s work.
It is not necessary to mention all the history of the Jews starting from the BC.
However, what highly affected the writer who was born in 1914 were the important factors of ‘anti-Semitism’ that began when the Jews first settled into the European society, we looked at the history of Jewish migration, the origin of ‘anti-semitism’ and the impacts they had on the racial limitations.
In addition, while looking into the life of the writer’s childhood when he left Russia and lived in Vilnius and Warsaw in Eastern Europe, we studied his identity crisis and limitation due to oppression and discrimination that he experienced.
After reviewing these sources, we were only then able to see Gary’s process of acquiring national identity as a Frenchman.
In the process of studying why he chose France, we paid attention to his family background, which can be summarized as 'father's absence' and 'mother's sacrifice', and the existence of the mother who directly and indirectly affected the life of Romain Gary.
His mother hoped for the success of her son through her sacrifice and struggle.
To her, the success of Gary was to escape the two bridges of being a Jew and an immigrant, and to be recognized as a true French.
In Gary’s autobiographical work, he confesses that his influences of life, such as writing as part of his artistic success, heading to France, and becoming a diplomat in the Foreign Ministry of France, were mostly impacted by his mother.
The influence of her led him to make various efforts to secure his national identity.
These attemps finally paid off when he was able to settle in France with his mother in 1928. However, Gary continued to experience the persistence of prejudice and discrimination.
Fortunately, by joining the “Free French Army” led by General Charles de Gaulle during World War II, he was granted a new identity.
He was no longer a poor Jewish immgrant from Russia, he became a trusted member of the Resistance.
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