3Rd Yr French: AUTOBIOGRAPHY

JS OPTION: MODERN FRENCH AUTOBIOGRAPHY SELECTIVE GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

ANDERSON, Linda, Autobiography. Useful introduction to the genre. ARTS 809.93.P1

BRÉE, Germaine, Narcissus Abscondicus: The Problematic Art of Autobiography in Contemporary France. Only 24 pp. Useful survey. PL-30-158 reserve no. 810.

COE, Richard N., When the Grass was Taller: Autobiography and the Experience of Childhood . Rather diffuse, but good for dipping into. Includes two chapters on portrait-of-the-artist type of childhood auto. 809.93 M491.

EAKIN, Paul John Fictions in Autobiography: Studies in the Art of Self-Invention An important theoretical work, see last chapter especially. LEN 818 M5.

EAKIN, Paul John, Touching the World: Reference in Autobiography. Some interesting reflections. ARTS 818 N21.

EAKIN, John Paul, How Our Lives Become Stories: Making Selves. Good on changing theories of selfhood. PL-319-146.

KING, Nicola, Memory, Narrative, Identity: Remembering the Self. Good on contemporary approaches to memory. PL-333-211.

HUGHES, Alex, Heterographies: Sexual Difference in French Autobiography. 843.91N9.

LECARME, Jacques, L’Autobiographie. Well written, multi-facetted survey. LEN 840.9 N792.

LEJEUNE, Philippe, L'Autobiographie en France. Concise survey text. HB-55-832.

LEJEUNE, Philippe, Le pacte autobiographique. PL's main work, containing his theory of auto: see especially first and last chapters. ARTS 840 L53;1 + LEN 840 L53.

LEJEUNE, Philippe, Je est un autre: L'autobiographie, de la littérature aux medias. An extension of PL's earlier work. LEN 840 MO.

LEJEUNE, Philippe (ed.), Autofictions & Cie. Good collection of essays on ‘autofiction’. PL-339-535 (Santry).

MARCUS, Laura, Auto/biographical discourses: Theory, Criticism, Practice. Stimulating essays. ARTS 828 N4.

MAY, Georges, L'autobiographie. Straightforward, at times reductive, intro. to the topic: “types” of auto., the how and why of auto., the question of neighbouring genres, especially the novel. LEN 809 L94.

RUGG, Linda Haverty, Picturing Ourselves: Photography and Autobiography. A good specialist work. PL-285-64. 2

SHERINGHAM, Michael, French Autobiography: Devices and Desires. Highly recommended, see especially opening chapter, also individual sections on Sarraute and Duras. ARTS 840.9 N3.