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Who theorized autobiography genres between 1975 and 1998?
Philippe Lejeune
What is an autobiography?
The story of one's life told by oneself, and signed with your own name
What are the modes of narration in an autobiography?
Heterodiegetic, Homodiegetic and Homodiegetic
What is the most popular mode of narration in autobiographies?
Autodiegetic
What is an anecdote?
An anecdote is a brief, amusing, or interesting narrative that highlights a specific incident or experience.
What are anecdotes used for?
Anecdotes are commonly used to entertain, illustrate a point, or provide insight, relying on relatable details to engage the audience.
They could be amusing or thought-provoking, but they should be succinct and focused on a single, memorable episode.
What does it mean that "I" is a deictic element?
It means that it can only be known with the context provided. A note found on the floor with the subject "I" would not reveal who the writer is.
What is an autobiography, according to Lejeune?
“Retrospective prose narrative that a person makes of her own existence, emphasizing her individual life and, especially, the story of her personality.” (Lejeune, 1991, p, 48)
What are the three conditions for the literature of "me" to happen?
"For there to be intime literature it is needed that author’s identity, narrator’s identity and character’s identity converge in one.” Lejeune (1991, pg. 48)
What is the most common characteristic of an autobiography, according to Lejeune?
A perspective on the narration. Retrospective when narrating one's own life.