Essays about: "fictional autobiography"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words fictional autobiography.

  1. 1. Me minus me: Self-Effacement in Autofiction by Christopher Isherwood, Rachel Cusk and J. M. Coetzee

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Jim Callderyd; [2022-11-24]
    Keywords : Autofiction; Christopher Isherwood; Goodbye to Berlin; Rachel Cusk; Outline; J. M. Coetzee; Summertime; sexuality; gender; auto biography;

    Abstract : Autofiction is one of the most popular genres in contemporary Anglophone literature. Yet the self-fashioning, outwardly hybrid genre merging autobiography with fiction is also the object of frequent contestation and derision, the source of which is nearly singularly rooted in authors’ perceived self-absorption. READ MORE

  3. 2. Re-Imagining the Victorian Woman: Female Representations in Four Neo-Victorian Novels from 1990 to 2010

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

    Author : Guðrún Valdimarsdóttir; [2015]
    Keywords : optimism.; nostalgia; authorship; fictional autobiography; Women s writing; Sexuality; Morgan; Starling; Byatt; Waters; Women in fiction; Historical fiction; Fiction; Neo-Victorianism; Neo-Victorian; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Neo-Victorian literature is a subgenre of historical fiction that is set during the reign of Queen Victoria, from 1837 until 1901. There are divergent opinions on the emergence of the genre; however, the time frame established in this dissertation spans from 1990 until the present moment. READ MORE

  4. 3. "Marlow's Autobiografiction: Revisiting Joseph Conrad's Porte Parole"

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Przemyslaw Pozar; [2015]
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    Abstract : Abstract  The role of Charles Marlow has often been misinterpreted in terms of its relation to Joseph Conrad’s life. Previous research rendered this connection misleading and schematic. READ MORE

  5. 4. Real Life as a Play on Stage - A Study of Guilt and Shame in Ian McEwan's "Atonement"

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Ingegerd Stenport; [2013-06-25]
    Keywords : real life; play on stage; Atonement; Ian McEwan; guilt; shame;

    Abstract : In the novel "Atonement" by Ian McEwan, questions of guilt, shame and redemption are in focus. The main character Briony Tallis is presented as making up for a crime by working on a novel for 59 years. READ MORE

  6. 5. Interpreting Autobiographies in English Class - Analyzing How Self is Constructed from Fragmenst of Memories

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Gisela Bohlin; [2012-06-25]
    Keywords : autobiography; Scar Tissue; Anthony Kiedis; Critical Approach; English class; analyzing questions; the autobiographical I ; memories;

    Abstract : This essay gives an introduction to the autobiographical genre and provides a set of analyzing questions which can be used as a guideline when interpreting autobiographies with students. Since autobiographies are considered to be non-fictional and are marketed with the sales argument that an exclusive true life-story will be disclosed, the critical approach will focus on the concepts of self and truth discussed by modern and postmodern critics. READ MORE