Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This study examines Annie Ernaux’s profound influence on contemporary women writers globally following her 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature. Through analysis of recent scholarship (2020-2025) and comparative literary studies, this research demonstrates how Ernaux’s innovative autofictional techniques— “ranspersonal narratives,” “écriture plate,” and “collective autobiography”—have reshaped feminist life-writing across diverse cultural contexts. The study identifies contemporary writers including Chris Kraus, Sheila Heti, Rachel Cusk, Deborah Levy, and Fatima Daas who employ Ernaux-influenced techniques to explore class consciousness, gender politics, and memory. The Nobel Prize recognition has amplified her influence, establishing “autosociobiography” as a recognized literary category that transforms personal experience into collective understanding while maintaining rigorous sociological analysis.
Institution: Namangan State Institute of Foreign Languages
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Gender equality
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4413316884