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Autore |
Edwards Natalie |
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Shifting subjects [[electronic resource]] : plural subjectivity in contemporary francophone women's autobiography / / Natalie Edwards |
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Lanham, Md., : University of Delaware Press |
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Plymouth, England, : Co-published with Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, c2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (173 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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French literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
Autobiography - Women authors - History and criticism |
French literature - Women authors - History and criticism |
Autobiography - Authorship |
Self in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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SHIFTING SUBJECTS; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: From the Individual ""I"" to the Non-Unitary Self; 1. Gisèle Halimi's Self-(Re)Writing Project; 2. Fictional Doubles in Julia Kristeva's Les samouraïs; 3. Archive and Autobiography in Assia Djebar's Vaste est la prison; 4. The Displaced Autobiographical Subject in Hélène Cixous's Les reveries de la femme sauvage; 5. Conclusion: New Textual Identities; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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There are many different ways to say 'I.' This book examines the ways in which four contemporary women writers (HZl_ne Cixous, Assia Djebar, Gis_le Halimi and Julia Kristeva) have written their autobiographical 'I' as a plural concept. These women refuse the individual 'I' of traditional autobiography by developing narrative strategies that multiply the voices in their texts. Each chapter examines a text, or a series of texts, that offers a different approach to writing a plural 'I.' Taken together, the texts depart from current theorizations of the female autobiographical 'I,' by calling for |
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