PHILIP ROTH’S THE FACTS: SELF-QUESTIONING AND THERAPEUTIC “MEMORIES OF IMAGININGS”
PHILIP ROTH’S THE FACTS: SELF-QUESTIONING AND THERAPEUTIC “MEMORIES OF IMAGININGS”
Author(s): Cristina ChevereşanSubject(s): Studies of Literature, Theory of Literature, American Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: (auto)biography; memory; narrative; (non)fiction; self;
Summary/Abstract: The paper revisits Philip Roth’s 1988 The Facts, an unconventional attempt at public self-exploration/representation. It focuses on the intriguing mixture of inventive confession, nostalgic (re-/de-) construction and critical fictionalization that derives from the writer’s belief that “in autobiography you construct a sequence of stories to bind up the facts with a persuasive hypothesis that unravels your history’s meaning”.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 28/2022
- Issue No: 28
- Page Range: 149-158
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English