On the genesis of the autobiographical gesture in literary discourse Cover Image

Ku genéze autobiografického gesta v literárnom diskurze
On the genesis of the autobiographical gesture in literary discourse

Author(s): Katarína Bednárová
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Ústav svetovej literatúry, Slovenská akadémia vied
Keywords: Authorial subject. Self-knowledge. Technologies of the self. Autobiographical gesture. Autobiography; autofiction; life narrative.

Summary/Abstract: The paper studies the theoretical and literary-historical aspect of autobiographical writing, drawing from French theories. It attempts to define the character and content of the concept of autobigraphical writing, deals with the problematics of authorial subject, touches upon the problem of historiography, genre characteristics and reception. It briefly describes the development of autobiography in the last two decades.

  • Issue Year: III/2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 19-27
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Slovak