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Písanie o sebe v súčasnej quebeckej próze
Self-writing in contemporary Quebec fiction

Author(s): Zuzana Malinovská
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Ústav svetovej literatúry, Slovenská akadémia vied
Keywords: Identity. Quebec. Contemporary narrative literature. Self-writing. Two examples. Régine Robin. Nelly Arcan.

Summary/Abstract: The paper deal with the “autofiction” as one of the means of the self-writing in contemporary Québec fiction. The “autofiction” is considered in both Québec and French sociopolitical and literary contexts. While being frequently used, especially in francophone environment, the notion stays vague, referring to the common practice of transgressing the boundaries between the real and literary worlds, resulting in a fictional account of one’s own life and the blending of fiction and faction. The genre, having also cognitive and therapeutic functions, enables authors to reflect upon and to render the questions of being and writing. The means by which contemporary authors explore the realm of the “aufofiction”, as well as its manifestations in the novel are analyzed on the example of novels written by Régine Robin and Nelly Arcan.

  • Issue Year: III/2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 28-45
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Slovak