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As I hear my voice calling: issues and matters in autobiography

dc.contributor.authorMancelos, João de
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-30T08:54:29Z
dc.date.available2016-06-30T08:54:29Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractWhen asked to write her autobiography, dancer Isadora Duncan replied: “How can we write the truth about ourselves? Do we even know it?”. Autobiography, the writing of the self, constitutes a difficult genre, and poses several challenges in terms of style and narrative strategies: a) Which moments in the life of an individual should be selected? b) How can one turn public private and intimate experiences?; c) Which techniques belonging to the realm of fictional narrative can be successfully adapted to the art of autobiography? In this paper, I’m interested in debating the main problems that writers, musicians and actors, such as Maya Angelou, Bob Dylan or Michael J. Fox, associate with autobiographical writing. I also analyze a few techniques authors employed to solve or minimize those issues. To do so, I resort to the opinion of autobiographers; to the essays of specialists in creative writing; and to my experience as a teacher and researcher in that field.pt_PT
dc.identifier.citation“As I Hear My Voice Calling: Issues and Matters in Autobiography”. Polissema (Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto) 14 (2014): 157-172. ISSN: 1645-1937.pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1645-1937
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/4227
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherInstituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Portopt_PT
dc.subjectAutobiographypt_PT
dc.subjectFictional narrativept_PT
dc.subjectNarrative strategiespt_PT
dc.subjectMaya Angeloupt_PT
dc.subjectBob Dylanpt_PT
dc.subjectMichael J. Foxpt_PT
dc.titleAs I hear my voice calling: issues and matters in autobiographypt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage172pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue1pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage157pt_PT
oaire.citation.titlePolissemapt_PT
oaire.citation.volume14pt_PT
person.familyNameMancelos
person.givenNameJoão de
person.identifier.ciencia-id4311-5CF6-585A
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-5867-9376
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