Phenomenology of Autobiography - Making It Real

Taking a fresh look at the state of autobiography as a genre, The Phenomenology of Autobiography: Making it Real takes a deep dive into the experience of the reader. Dr. Schmitt argues that current trends in the field of life writing have taken the focus away from the text and the initial purpose of autobiography as a means for the author to communicate with a reader and narrate an experience. The study puts autobiography back into a communicational context, and putting forth the notion that one of the reasons why life writing can so often be aesthetically unsatisfactory, or difficult to distinguish from novels, is because it should not be considered as a literary genre, but as a modality with radically different rules and means of evaluation. In other words, not only is autobiography radically different from fiction due to its referentiality, but, first and foremost, it should be read differently.

Table des matières

Introduction

Chapter 1: The G Word & The H Word

Chapter 2: The Modality of the "I" (Part 1)

Chapter 3: The Modality of the "I" (Part 2)

Chapter 4: Tone & Intimacy

Conclusion

A propos de l'auteur

Dr Arnaud Schmitt is a Senior Lecturer and Professor at the University of Bordeaux

Résumé

Taking a fresh look at the state of autobiography as a genre, The Phenomenology of Autobiography: Making it Real takes a deep dive into the experience of the reader. Dr. Schmitt argues that current trends in the field of life writing have taken the focus away from the text and the initial purpose of autobiography as a means for the

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Arnaud Schmitt, Arnaud (University of Bordeaux Schmitt
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367667849
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66784-9
• Pages: 178
• Thème: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; Littérature spécialisée > Politique, société, économie > Biographies, autobiographies; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literature: history and criticism