Oscillating Djebarian Novel: Autobiography and Autofiction in Assia Djebar’s An Algerian Cavalcade

Fatma Akbulut Üçyıldız

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Oscillating Djebarian Novel: Autobiography and Autofiction in Assia Djebar’s An Algerian Cavalcade

Yazarlar:

Fatma Akbulut Üçyıldız

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Dünya Dilleri | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü (Diğer)

Dergi:

Litera: Dil Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.34 Issue 1, pp.229-247

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2024

Belge Dili:

Fransızca

Document ID (Org No.):

2001323504

pISSN:

2602-2117

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Özet:

 To say that the simplest definition of an autobiography involves a person writing about their own life would not be wrong. However, this genre, which is also referred to as writing about ones own life or as an I narrative in the literary world, has been the subject of ongoing debate for many years. Recent literary theorists have argued autobiographical writing to perhaps not be completely possible due to reasons such as unconscious changes that may occur in memory i.e., forgetting, as well as the occasional voluntary censorship or conscious changes that can also occur. The conscious and unconscious changes that are likely to occur in an authors work is currently leading toward the new genre of autofiction. This term, first used by French writer Serge Doubrovsky in the 1970s to describe his novel Fils Son, can simply be summarized as the authors fictionalized narration of his own life. In other words, autofiction may not yet have any short or clear definition but is in reality an autobiography written according to romantic codes. The aim of this study is to show how the codes of the autofictional narrative function in the novel by the famous Algerian novelist and history professor Assia Djebar titled LAmour, La Fantasia in French and Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade in the English translation, in which the historical and individual narratives intertwine within the framework of the concepts of autobiography, autobiographical novel, and autofiction.

 To say that the simplest definition of an autobiography involves a person writing about their own life would not be wrong. However, this genre, which is also referred to as writing about ones own life or as an I narrative in the literary world, has been the subject of ongoing debate for many years. Recent literary theorists have argued autobiographical writing to perhaps not be completely possible due to reasons such as unconscious changes that may occur in memory i.e., forgetting, as well as the occasional voluntary censorship or conscious changes that can also occur. The conscious and unconscious changes that are likely to occur in an authors work is currently leading toward the new genre of autofiction. This term, first used by French writer Serge Doubrovsky in the 1970s to describe his novel Fils Son, can simply be summarized as the authors fictionalized narration of his own life. In other words, autofiction may not yet have any short or clear definition but is in reality an autobiography written according to romantic codes. The aim of this study is to show how the codes of the autofictional narrative function in the novel by the famous Algerian novelist and history professor Assia Djebar titled LAmour, La Fantasia in French and Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade in the English translation, in which the historical and individual narratives intertwine within the framework of the concepts of autobiography, autobiographical novel, and autofiction.

 To say that the simplest definition of an autobiography involves a person writing about their own life would not be wrong. However, this genre, which is also referred to as writing about ones own life or as an I narrative in the literary world, has been the subject of ongoing debate for many years. Recent literary theorists have argued autobiographical writing to perhaps not be completely possible due to reasons such as unconscious changes that may occur in memory i.e., forgetting, as well as the occasional voluntary censorship or conscious changes that can also occur. The conscious and unconscious changes that are likely to occur in an authors work is currently leading toward the new genre of autofiction. This term, first used by French writer Serge Doubrovsky in the 1970s to describe his novel Fils Son, can simply be summarized as the authors fictionalized narration of his own life. In other words, autofiction may not yet have any short or clear definition but is in reality an autobiography written according to romantic codes. The aim of this study is to show how the codes of the autofictional narrative function in the novel by the famous Algerian novelist and history professor Assia Djebar titled LAmour, La Fantasia in French and Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade in the English translation, in which the historical and individual narratives intertwine within the framework of the concepts of autobiography, autobiographical novel, and autofiction.

 To say that the simplest definition of an autobiography involves a person writing about their own life would not be wrong. However, this genre, which is also referred to as writing about ones own life or as an I narrative in the literary world, has been the subject of ongoing debate for many years. Recent literary theorists have argued autobiographical writing to perhaps not be completely possible due to reasons such as unconscious changes that may occur in memory i.e., forgetting, as well as the occasional voluntary censorship or conscious changes that can also occur. The conscious and unconscious changes that are likely to occur in an authors work is currently leading toward the new genre of autofiction. This term, first used by French writer Serge Doubrovsky in the 1970s to describe his novel Fils Son, can simply be summarized as the authors fictionalized narration of his own life. In other words, autofiction may not yet have any short or clear definition but is in reality an autobiography written according to romantic codes. The aim of this study is to show how the codes of the autofictional narrative function in the novel by the famous Algerian novelist and history professor Assia Djebar titled LAmour, La Fantasia in French and Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade in the English translation, in which the historical and individual narratives intertwine within the framework of the concepts of autobiography, autobiographical novel, and autofiction.

Makale detayları

Oscillating Djebarian Novel: Autobiography and Autofiction in Assia Djebar’s An Algerian Cavalcade

Yazarlar:

Fatma Akbulut Üçyıldız

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Dünya Dilleri | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü (Diğer)

Dergi:

Litera: Dil Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.34 Issue 1, pp.229-247

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2024

Belge Dili:

Fransızca

Document ID (Org No.):

2001323504

pISSN:

2602-2117

Autobiography

autobiographical novel

autofictional story

collective autobiography

Assia Djebar

Sayı

Makale detayları

Oscillating Djebarian Novel: Autobiography and Autofiction in Assia Djebar’s An Algerian Cavalcade

Yazarlar: Fatma Akbulut Üçyıldız

Yayıncı: Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar: Dünya Dilleri | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü (Diğer)

Dergi: Litera: Dil Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.34 Issue 1, pp.229-247

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 6/2024

Belge Dili: Fransızca

Document ID (Org No.): 2001323504

pISSN: 2602-2117

Autobiography

autobiographical novel

autofictional story

collective autobiography

Assia Djebar

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Fatma Akbulut Üçyıldız

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Dünya Dilleri | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü (Diğer)

Dergi:

Litera: Dil Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.34 Issue 1, pp.229-247

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2024

Belge Dili:

Fransızca

Document ID (Org No.):

2001323504

pISSN:

2602-2117