Ennemies in spite of ourselves, sisters in spite of everything: the theme of "witness" in J. M. G. Le Clézio's Wandering Star

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2008 with a literary production marked by a mixture of several traits of different literary movements in the 20th century. In his work Étoile errante (Wandering Star), Le Clézio sheds light on a double human drama marked by exodus, suffering, and the uncertainty of fate. While reflecting the true complexity of the human's dimension in this conflict, the story of Nejma and Esther proves to us that war, fueled by hatred and intolerance towards others, brings the two heroines together more than it divides them; it unites them by a kind of equality of misfortune and suffering. In this study, we will touch the importance of writers' role as spokespersons in human society. However, the main objective will be to present the theme of the "Témoignage" (Testimony) in Étoile errante (Wandering Star) and to try to analyze its power from these two points of view: On the one hand, the power of testimony to denounce the outraged zeal and the unjustifiable attachments (religious, political, ideological, ethnic, etc.), which can generate tragedies in human societies. On the other hand, the power of testimony to make the voices of these tragedies' victims, who are often oppressed because of political, religious, ideological intolerance, heard.

Keywords: literary engagement; testimony; intolerance; double human drama