The autofictional : : approaches, affordances, forms / / edited by Alexandra Effe, Hannie Lawlor.

• Superior document: Palgrave Studies in Life Writing
• TeilnehmendeR: Effe, Alexandra.; Lawlor, Hannie.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2022.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Life Writing
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 338 pages) :; illustrations

This open access book offers innovative and wide-ranging responses to the continuously flourishing literary phenomenon of autofiction. The book shows the insights that are gained in the shift from the genre descriptor to the adjective, and from a broad application of “the autofictional” as a theoretical lens and aesthetic strategy. In three sections on “Approaches,” “Affordances,” and “Forms,” the volume proposes new theoretical approaches for the study of autofiction and the autofictional, offers fresh perspectives on many of the prominent authors in the discussion, draws them into a dialogue with autofictional practice from across the globe, and brings into view texts, forms, and media that have not traditionally been considered for their autofictional dimensions. The book, in sum, expands the parameters of research on autofiction to date to allow new voices and viewpoints to emerge.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction: From Autofiction to the Autofictional; Alexandra Effe and Hannie Lawlor 2. Five Theses on Autofiction/the Autofictional; Martina Wagner-Egelhaaf 3. The Fictional in Autofiction; Alison James 4. A Cognitive Perspective on Autofictional Writing, Texts, and Reading; Alexandra Effe and Alison Gibbons 5. The Pragmatics of Autofiction; Arnaud Schmitt 6. The Autofictional in Serial, Literary Works; Ricarda Menn and Melissa Schuh 7. Metanarrative Autofiction: Critical Engagement with Cultural Narrative Models; Hanna Meretoja 8. Multilingual Autofiction: Mobilizing Language(s)?; Helle Egendal 9. Visual Autofiction: A Strategy for Cultural Inclusion; Karen Ferreira-Meyers and Bontle Tau 10. Autofiction, Post-conflict Narratives, and New Memory Cultures; Hywel Dix 11. Autofiction as a Lens for Reading Contemporary Egyptian Writing; Hala Kamal, Fatma Atef Massoud, and Zainab Magdy 12. Autofiction and Film: Archival Practices in Post-Millennial Documentary Cinema in Argentina and Spain; Anna Forné and Patricia López-Gay 13. Autofiction and Shishōsetsu: Women Writers and Reinventing the Self; Justyna Kasza.-14. Autofiction and the Diary: The Radicalization of Autofiction in works by Hervé Guibert and Christine Angot; Sam Ferguson.-15. Autofiction and Self-Portraiture: Jenny Diski and Claude Cahun; Ben Grant 16. Visual Autofiction: A Strategy for Cultural Inclusion Autofiction and Photography: "The Split of the Mirror"; Laura Marcus