Sulina, Sulina/When there's water, there's no light: Narrative, Memory, and Autobiography  in a Romanian Town Cover Image

Сулина, Сулина/Кога има вода нема светлина: Нарација, сеќавања и автобиографија во романско гратче
Sulina, Sulina/When there's water, there's no light: Narrative, Memory, and Autobiography in a Romanian Town

Author(s): Petruţa Teampău, Kristof Assche, van
Contributor(s): Marina Kovačić (Translator)
Subject(s): Cultural history, Politics of History/Memory
Published by: Институтот за општествени и хуманистички науки – Скопје
Keywords: Memoirs; autobiography; Romania;

Summary/Abstract: People shape discourse and discourse shapes people. Narrative structures are undoubtedly among the most pervasive and powerful forms of discourse. People live their lives telling stories about themselves, about other people, about the places they live in. Since Freud, and his reflections on nachtraglichkeit, it became a commonplace assertion that our stabilizing identity narratives are ongoing reconstructions of memories. We construct the stories about ourselves continuously, on the basis of memories fabricated in the present

  • Issue Year: 7/2008
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 33-70
  • Page Count: 38
  • Language: Macedonian
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