书目名称 | Contemporary American Memoirs in Action |
副标题 | How to Do Things wit |
编辑 | Jane Danielewicz |
视频video | http://file.papertrans.cn/237/236345/236345.mp4 |
概述 | Provides case studies on memoir as social action.Highlights memoir’s impact on the public sphere as opposed to other forms of life writing.Utilizes genre theory to examine form and agency |
丛书名称 | American Literature Readings in the 21st Century |
图书封面 |  |
描述 | .This book analyzes a collection of literary memoirs to demonstrate how this genre is an avenue for participation in public life. Writers are repurposing the memoir, a genre known for its personal and expressive function, to engage in debate and serve political goals. The chapters provide case studies for memoir as social action that effects change by looking at the writing of Joan Didion, John Edgar Wideman, James McBride, M. Elaine Mar, Janisse Ray, Lucy Grealy, and Ann Patchett. Drawing on theories of genre and agency, Danielewicz asserts how these writers are acting pragmatically. Memoirs contribute to democratic society by offering solutions, creating new knowledge, revealing social trends, bringing issues to light, creating empathy and connection, and changing public opinion. . |
出版日期 | Book 2018 |
关键词 | life-writing; autobiograophy; genre theory; Joan Didion; Ann Patchett; James McBride; writing for social a |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69602-7 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-88810-1 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-69602-7Series ISSN 2634-579X Series E-ISSN 2634-5803 |
issn_series | 2634-579X |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 |