Essays about: "Autobiographical writings"
Found 2 essays containing the words Autobiographical writings.
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1. Texts and Paratexts in a Colonial Context. Krupabai Satthianadhan's English Novels 'Saguna' and 'Kamala'
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religionAbstract : The anglophone Indian author Krupabai Satthianadhan (1862-1894) was a second-generation Christian convert and a member of the Christian Tamil family in colonial Madras. Knowledge of English was still a high-caste male privilege when Satthianadhan published reformist articles on female education. Her two novels, the autobiographical Saguna. READ MORE
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2. Textual Negotiations with Readers in Equiano's The Interesting Narrative : The expectations of an African autobiography author in the late 18th Century abolitionist movement
University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärandeAbstract : Authors of slave narratives faced expectations beyond those of the authors of most other autobiographical texts. Olaudha Equiano's The Interesting Narrative nonetheless found both considerable success in his lifetime and lasting recognition for its contribution to the abolitionist cause. READ MORE
