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The Autobiographical Triangle

The Autobiographical Triangle

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Critical revised edition and translation by Jean Ward This book presents a universal theory of autobiography, defined as a "triangular" form of utterance involving three different stances. It is a personal testimony to experiences lived through, a confession of intimate inner experience and a challenge addressed to the reader to engage in dialogue, enter into an argument or join in a game. The stances of witness, confession and challenge are always present, though usually one of them overshadows the other two. Polish memoirs, diaries and letters, as well as novels of a clearly personal character, are interpreted here in the context of the most important autobiographical texts of European literature. In the background, also, the historical events which have powerfully stamped Polish culture in the last two centuries are discreetly shown.

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Keywords

  • autobiographical
  • Biography & True Stories
  • Centre and periphery
  • challenge
  • confession
  • Czerminska
  • Literature & literary studies
  • Literature and history
  • Literature and migration
  • Literature and space
  • Literature: history & criticism
  • Non-fiction prose
  • Personal writing
  • Prose: non-fiction
  • thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DN Biography and non-fiction prose
  • thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism
  • triangle
  • Witness

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DOI: 10.3726/b15550

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