THE POETICS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Abstract
THE THESIS AIMS AT ELABORATING A THEORETICAL-ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK WHICH ALLOWS THE GENERIC DETERMINATION OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY, AS WELL AS THE SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTION AND UNDERSTANDING OF ITS LANGUAGE, ITS MORPHOLOGY, ITS DISTINCTIVE CODES ANDCONVENTIONS, ITS HISTORICAL CHANGE AND FINALLY, THE WAYS IT IS RECEIVED AND INTERPRETED. THE FIRST THING THAT IS CLARIFIED IS THE GENERIC SPECIFICITY OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY, PARTICULARLY IN THE CONTEXT OF ITS PECULIAR POSITION WITHIN THE WIDER GENERIC SPECTRUM OF "PERSONAL LITERATURE". ITS GENERIC IDENTITY IS FURTHER SPECIFIED BY INVESTIGATING THE SINGULAR CONSISTENCY OF AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL DISCOURSEAND BY INDICATING THE CHARACTERISTIC SET OF RELATIONS OF REPRESENTATION, VERISIMILITUDE AND INTERTEXTUALITY THAT GOVERN BOTH ITS PRODUCTION AND ITS RECEPTION. THE NARRATOLOGICAL STUDY OF THIS DISCOURSE REVEALS IT TO BE A FORCEFUL COMMUNICATIONAL INSTITUTION CHARACTERISED BY INCESSANT SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS, SELF-INTERPRETATION AND CONTROL OVER ITS RECEPTION. THE FINDINGS ...
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