Representations of Forgetting in Life Writing and Fiction

Representations of Forgetting in Life Writing and Fiction
Author :
Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 194
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781137598646
ISBN-13 : 1137598646
Rating : 4/5 (646 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Representations of Forgetting in Life Writing and Fiction by : Gunnthorunn Gudmundsdottir

Download or read book Representations of Forgetting in Life Writing and Fiction written by Gunnthorunn Gudmundsdottir and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-09 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book primarily focuses on the concept of forgetting, with particular emphasis on how we can trace the forgotten in contemporary life writing and memory texts. It consists of two main parts: the first concentrates on life writing in particular and what the author calls “scenes of forgetting”; the second examines both fiction and autobiographies that deal with questions of collective memory/forgetting. The book’s principal aim is to map methods and strategies writers employ when writing the forgotten – it argues that forgetting is a constant companion in any memory text and plays a decisive role in the memory work performed in the texts. The main theoretical objective is to examine carefully the connection between collective memory and personal memory, by drawing from two disciplines at once: memory studies and theories on life writing. By considering both areas of research, the conclusions of this study are able to feed into both theoretical perspectives.


Representations of Forgetting in Life Writing and Fiction Related Books

Representations of Forgetting in Life Writing and Fiction
Language: en
Pages: 194
Authors: Gunnthorunn Gudmundsdottir
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-11-09 - Publisher: Springer

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book primarily focuses on the concept of forgetting, with particular emphasis on how we can trace the forgotten in contemporary life writing and memory tex
Representations of Forgetting in Life Writing and Fiction
Language: en
Pages: 188
Authors: Gunnthorunn Gudmundsdottir
Categories: Culture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Experiments in Life-Writing
Language: en
Pages: 301
Authors: Lucia Boldrini
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-10-24 - Publisher: Springer

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This volume examines innovative intersections of life-writing and experimental fiction in the 20th and 21st centuries, bringing together scholars and practicing
Japanese Perspectives on Kazuo Ishiguro
Language: en
Pages: 317
Authors: Takayuki Shonaka
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-01-03 - Publisher: Springer Nature

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This collection of essays offers new perspectives from Japan on Nobel Prize–winning author Kazuo Ishiguro. It analyses the Japanese-born British author from t
Shakespeare and Forgetting
Language: en
Pages: 265
Authors: Peter Holland
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-06-03 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

What does it signify when a Shakespearean character forgets something or when Hamlet determines to 'wipe away all trivial fond records'? How might forgetting be