AUTENTICITATEA ȘI GENUL (AUTO)BIOGRAFIC: COMPLEXITATE ȘI POLIVALENȚĂ CONCEPTUALĂ
AUTHENTICITY AND (AUTO) BIOGRAPHICAL GENRE: CONCEPTUAL COMPLEXITY AND MULTIPURPOSE

Author(s): Svetlana Melnic
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Biblioteca Ştiinţifică a Universităţii de Stat Alecu Russo
Keywords: authenticity; identity; self; autobiography
Summary/Abstract: The starting point of this study is the history review of the concept of“authenticity”, starting from the systematic observation that places “authenticity”in an area adjacent to the research of the equally multidisciplinary concept of“identity”. The article offersa brief review of the historical origins of theconceptual evolution of the “self”, which, in the context of sociocultural influences,shaped the value horizon of “authenticity”. This study will also draw theconnections between the meanings of the concept of “authenticity”, transcendingthe boundaries ofthe literary studies, offering a holistic, interdisciplinary approachCZU 82-94246to the concept.By paying close attention to the variety of connotations that make upthe concept of “authenticity”, as well as the variety of projects and theoreticalobjectives followed by it, navigating the literature of authenticity also imposedscrupulous distinctions between these various meanings.

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