Autofiction in English Hardcover - 2018

Name: Autofiction in English
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Author: Hywel Dix
ISBN: 9783319899015

by Hywel Dix (Editor)

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This innovative volume establishes autofiction as a new and dynamic area of theoretical research in English. Since the term was coined by Serge Doubrovsky, autofiction has become established as a recognizable genre within the French literary pantheon. Yet unlike other areas of French theory, English-language discussion of autofiction has been relatively limited - until now.

Starting out by exploring the characteristic features and definitions of autofiction from a conceptual standpoint, the collection identifies a number of cultural, historical and theoretical contexts in which the emergence of autofiction in English can be understood. In the process, it identifies what is new and distinctive about Anglophone forms of autofiction when compared to its French equivalents. These include a preoccupation with the conditions of authorship; writing after trauma; and a heightened degree of authorial self-reflexivity beyond that typically associated with postmodernism.

By concluding that there is such a field as autofiction in English, it provides for the first time detailed analysis of the major works in that field and a concise historical overview of its emergence. It thus opens up new avenues in life writing and authorship research.

Details

Title Autofiction in English
Author Hywel Dix (Editor)
Binding Hardcover
Pages 283
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Palgrave MacMillan
Date 2018-06-15
Illustrated Yes
Features Illustrated
ISBN 9783319899015 / 3319899015
Weight 1.12 lbs (0.51 kg)
Dimensions 8.27 x 5.83 x 0.69 in (21.01 x 14.81 x 1.75 cm)
Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
Dewey Decimal Code 801

About the author

Hywel Dix is Principal Lecturer in English and Communication at Bournemouth University, UK. He has published extensively on contemporary British literature, most notably in After Raymond Williams: Cultural Materialism and the Break-Up of Britain (Second Edition, 2013) and Postmodern Fiction and the Break-Up of Britain (2010). His wider research interests include postmodernism, critical cultural theory and life writing. His monograph about literary careers, The Late-Career Novelist, was published in 2017.