THE STORY OF THE MIND AS THE AVATAR OF TIME AND THE PAST IN DORIS LESSING’S THE MEMOIRS OF A SURVIVOR Cover Image

THE STORY OF THE MIND AS THE AVATAR OF TIME AND THE PAST IN DORIS LESSING’S THE MEMOIRS OF A SURVIVOR
THE STORY OF THE MIND AS THE AVATAR OF TIME AND THE PAST IN DORIS LESSING’S THE MEMOIRS OF A SURVIVOR

Author(s): Elisabeta Simona Catană
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: time; past; story; mind; creative rewriting; rooms; walls; narrative games.

Summary/Abstract: The Story of the Mind as the Avatar of Time and the Past in Doris Lessing’s The Memoirs of a Survivor. The essay analyses the stream of consciousness technique in Doris Lessing’s novel insisting on the concept of time and the importance of creative rewriting and rereading (reinterpreting the past) as key factors conducive to a new literary work.

  • Issue Year: 58/2013
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 7-13
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English