WILLIAMS JEFFERY L
Congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Self-discovery in Maus: The Theory of Metafiction and [Auto]biography
Lugar:
La Plata
Reunión:
Jornada; Primeras Jornadas de Cultura y Literatura en Lengua Inglesa; 2004
Institución organizadora:
Universidad Nacional de la Plata
Resumen:
In
recent years, the focus on metafiction has switched from analyzing metafiction
as a literary technique to using the concept of metafiction as a theory for
analyzing literary works (Jablon). This
change in focus includes the genre of [auto]biography as well, where
[auto]biography becomes more than a genre (Varsava), it becomes a metafictional
theory which analyzes the manipulation of tropes, the structuring and shaping
of the narrative, and the journey of self-exploration (Varsava and Stirling).
Metafiction and the [auto]biography can come together to create instances of
narrative splitting which accentuates loss and details how the story came to be
written (Stirling). This is clearly seen
in the visual text as well as the written text in Art Spiegelman?s Maus.
