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Why Do Scholars Write Autobiographies? or: Exile as a "Comfortable" Metaphor

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: In the past decade an increasing number of scholars have written autobiographies, notably in the field of literary criticism. Is it possible to identify a pattern to those works? How do contemporary scholars face the dilemma of autobiography as a genre? Such questions aim at discussing autobiography as a fictional genre. Therefore, to read an autobiography one must pay attention to the rhetorical frame chosen by the author.

Source: Portuguese Literary and Cultural Studies

DOI: 10.62791/efyz3v21

Author: João Cezar De Castro Rocha

Language: English

Topic: Autobiographical and Biographical Writing

Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2783370333

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