Shifting subjects : plural subjectivity in contemporary francophone women's autobiography / Natalie Edwards.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edwards, Natalie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French literature--20th century--History and criticism.

French literature.

Autobiography--Women authors--History and criticism.

Autobiography.

French literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

Autobiography--Authorship.

Self in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (173 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University of Delaware Press ; Plymouth, England : Co-published with Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There are many different ways to say 'I.' This book examines the ways in which four contemporary women writers (HZl_ne Cixous, Assia Djebar, Gis_le Halimi and Julia Kristeva) have written their autobiographical 'I' as a plural concept. These women refuse the individual 'I' of traditional autobiography by developing narrative strategies that multiply the voices in their texts. Each chapter examines a text, or a series of texts, that offers a different approach to writing a plural 'I.' Taken together, the texts depart from current theorizations of the female autobiographical 'I,' by calling for

Contents:

SHIFTING SUBJECTS; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: From the Individual ""I"" to the Non-Unitary Self; 1. Gisèle Halimi's Self-(Re)Writing Project; 2. Fictional Doubles in Julia Kristeva's Les samouraïs; 3. Archive and Autobiography in Assia Djebar's Vaste est la prison; 4. The Displaced Autobiographical Subject in Hélène Cixous's Les reveries de la femme sauvage; 5. Conclusion: New Textual Identities; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed September 12, 2013).

ISBN:

1-61149-762-0

1-61149-031-6

OCLC:

857365399