In the stories where Gracq deals with war, hunting is often evoked to play down the violence of men or to reflect its elemental savagery. Whether it is a metaphor for love or war, it ultimately refers to the process of writing and reading itself.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques