FROM LIFE TO TEXT AND FILM: PEDRO AMODÓVAR AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL DISCOURSE
FROM LIFE TO TEXT AND FILM: PEDRO AMODÓVAR AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL DISCOURSE

Summary/Abstract: This work analyses Pedro Almodóvar’s texts published in two books, Patty Diphusa Stories and Other Writings and The Last Dream, in which his playful engagement with autobiographical discourse is noticeable. Despite consistently stating his lack of interest in writing an autobiography or desiring others to do so, the published texts do not adhere to these generic determinations. However, a more detailed analysis reveals features akin to intimate texts bordering on diary entries, associative autobiography, letters, or essays. Building upon the theoretical assumptions of Philippe Lejeune and Gérard Genette regarding autobiographical prose, as well as the typology of life narrative models by Sidonie Smith and Julia Watson, it is evident that Almodóvar largely opts for a form of expression that does not conform to the criteria of a typical autobiography, but rather life narrative forms within its discourse. The aim is to ascertain whether he writes them with the purpose of narrating specific moments from his own past or supplementing information about his films.

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