“Born Out of My Ownself”
(Re)claiming the Self in Doris Lessing's Under My Skin, Volume 1, 1919-1949
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20156099 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tasiyana D Javangwe (Midlands State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 40-51 |
| Publication date | 2009-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Literary Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0256-4718 • E-ISSN: 1753-5387 |
| Publisher | Unisa Press (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02564710802321545 |
| OpenAlex | W2062945288 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
This paper seeks to explore how self-identity is (re)constructed through the narrative act of autobiography in Doris Lessing's Under My Skin, Volume 1, 1919-1949 (1995). The paper argues that the authentic self is born in the process of narrative writing and that the self coexists with other selves that are a result of socialisation. It also seeks to interrogate how this process of identity formation is realised through the prisms of memory, history, culture and social environment and the unconscious self. The fluid or provisional nature of identity, and the subjective nature of the above factors will be critically examined in an attempt to better understand the nature of life narratives in the broad scope of literary study
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Biography · Epistemology · Literature · Narrative · Psychoanalysis · Self · Sociology · Unconscious mind · Autobiographical and Biographical Writing · Biographical and Historical Analysis · Computer Science · Data Analysis and Archiving · History · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2016 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |