Vers une nouvelle autobiographiesubversions et transformations du genre dans les autobiographies contemporaines françaises.

  1. Lipscomb, Antonella 1
  1. 1 University of Oxford
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    University of Oxford

    Oxford, Reino Unido

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Journal:
Anales de filología francesa

ISSN: 0213-2958

Year of publication: 2019

Issue Title: Écritures du moi

Issue: 27

Pages: 179-198

Type: Article

DOI: 10.6018/ANALESFF.380491 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDIGITUM editor

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Abstract

Autobiography is a genre that Philippe Lejeune defines as the retrospective record in prose that a real person gives to his or her own being, emphasizing the personal life and in particular the story of life (Lejeune, 1975: 14). However, what characterizes the French autobiographies of the past 50 years studied in this article is their desire to detach themselves, even deny the genre adopted for all the negative connotations related to the autobiographical genre. Accused of individualism, egocentrism and narcissism, autobiography is a difficult genre to assume and its values of authenticity and sincerity difficult to guarantee. Attraction and aversion are the contradictory feelings experienced by the autobiographers examined in this article in relation to the genre adopted. Feelings that manifest themselves through the resistance to adhere to any definition, the desire to blur the boundaries between autobiography, biography, self-portrait, journal and fiction, and through a fascinating use of personal pronouns in the narration.

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