Literary Woman’s Biography
Literary Woman’s Biography
Between Fact and Fiction
Author(s): Irina TumbovskaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Vermilion ZIM
Keywords: Smilevski; pseudo-biography; metafictional novels
Summary/Abstract: The intention of this text is to show the reconstructed biography of the novels Sigmund Freud’s Sister and The Return of Words. I purposely chose these novels as they are based on forgotten biographies. The hypertext is a historiographical text, more precisely the biography, memoirs and letters kept till today – in which certain information about these women are written. Biography, as a genre, portrays a person’s life and if we didn’t know the hypotext, we would think that these novels are a real biography, because of the fact that Smilevski almost indiscernible reconstructs the past and simulates their life stories while staying close to the truth.
Journal: VERMILION International Journal of Literature and Art
- Issue Year: 1/2017
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 26-39
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English