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Resource type: Web Article Language: en: English Peer reviewed BibTeX citation key: Pedri2012 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details |
Categories: General Keywords: "Cancer Vixen", "Maus", "Mom’s Cancer", "One Hundred Demons", Authenticity, Autobiography, Barry. Lynda, Fies. Brian, Intermediality, Marchetto. Marisa Acocella, Photography, Spiegelman. Art, USA Creators: Pedri Collection: Literature & Aesthetics |
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Abstract |
Fiction and memoir relate differently to reality. Whereas fiction is not bound by existing facts and events, memoir is a nonfiction genre that “depicts the lives of real, not imagined, individuals.” Like other forms of life writing, memoir sets out to communicate truthfully through self-representation an identity and a life. Indeed, memoir is said to “not accommodate the counterfactual.” Thus, memoir is bound not only by a claim, but also an obligation to truth that, in turn, is met by readers who turn to it with an eye for truth.
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