Why Do Scholars Write Autobiographies? or
Exile as a "Comfortable" Metaphor
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4014582 |
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| Authors | João Cezar De Castro Rocha (0000-0001-5053-6768, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 325-338 |
| Publication date | 2016-09-19 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Portuguese Literary and Cultural Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1521-804X • E-ISSN: 2573-1432 |
| Publisher | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.62791/efyz3v21 |
| OpenAlex | W2783370333 |
| Language | EN |
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
Aesthetics · Art · Linguistics · Literature · Metaphor · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · History · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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