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'The Invention of Fact': Autobiography, Biography, Fiction
- Source :
- Itinéraires, Vol 2017, Iss 1 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Pléiade (EA 7338), 2018.
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Abstract
- Comparing the sources of a novel and a biography leads to the paradox that the freedom of fiction can allow a more “realistic” treatment of character than the restriction of biography to documented facts allows. The distinctions and the paradox are asserted to be less poignant and crucial in the light of David Antin’s theory of narrative and Johan Huizinga’s exploration of the play element of culture. La comparaison des sources d’un roman et de celles d’une biographie conduit au paradoxe que la liberté de la fiction permet un traitement plus réaliste du personnage que la restriction de la biographie à des faits documentés ne le permettrait. De telles distinctions et un tel paradoxe s’estompent dans leur mise en regard de la théorie narrative selon David Antin et dans l’exploration de la culture ludique selon Johan Huizinga.
- Subjects :
- narrative
lcsh:Language and Literature
media_common.quotation_subject
ludique
biography
fiction
biofiction
historiography
experience
personnage
histoire
Narrative
historiographie
autobiography
culture ludique
media_common
Literature
Language arts
Poetry
language arts
business.industry
Johan Huizinga
biographie
Character (symbol)
Historiography
Biography
Art
expérience
character
narration
poésie
fact
story
David Antin
autobiographie
lcsh:P
autofiction
factuel
history
play
play elements of culture
Element (criminal law)
business
diégèse
poetry
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- French
- Volume :
- 2017
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Itinéraires
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4426c6e9d9ac034bd6e83ff5dc23e4af