Memory Across Borders - Nabokov, Perec, Chamoiseau

Historical memory emerges through dialogue between one generation and the next. But what happens to this dialogue if the children speak a different language to their parents? Literary autobiography offers a space to explore the potential forms of memory in the aftermath of inter-generational linguistic change triggered by violent histories, such as the Holocaust, the Second World War, or imperialism. Through an exploration of the autobiographies of the Russian-American writer, Vladimir Nabokov, the French novelist and poet, Georges Perec, and the Caribbean author, Patrick Chamoiseau, Cooper offers a reflection on the role of migration and linguistic change in shaping twentieth and twenty-first century approaches to memory.
Sara-Louise Cooper is a Stipendiary Lecturer in French at Oriel College, Oxford.

Product details

• Authors: Sara-Louise Cooper
• Publisher: Legenda
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.09.2018
• EAN: 9781781883518
• ISBN: 978-1-78188-351-8
• No. of pages: 174
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 244 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 312 g
• Series: Transcript; Transcript
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies