Traces of Aging
Old Age and Memory in Contemporary Narrative
This collection consists of eight essays that examine the way narratives determine our understanding of old age and condition how the experience is lived. Contributors to this volume have based their analysis on the concept of »narrative identity« developed by Paul Ricoeur, built upon the idea that fiction makes life, and on his definition of »trace« as the mark of time. By investigating the traces of aging imprinted in a series of literary and filmic works they dismantle the narrative of old age as decline and foreclosure to assemble one of transformation and growth.
Kapitel-Übersicht
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Introduction Literature that Returns to Life and the Mystique of Age
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Keeping Appointments with the Past Time, Place, and Narrative Identity in W.G. Sebald's Austerlitz
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Haunted by a Traumatic Past Age, Memory, and Narrative Identity in Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin
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"The whole aspect of age is full of possibilities!" Traces of Ageing, Memory, and Sexuality in Daphne du Maurier's "Don't Look Now"
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Ageing, Agency, and Autobiography Challenging Ricoeur's Concept of Narrative Identity
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An Appetite for Life Narrative, Time, and Identity in Still Mine
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Memory, Dementia, and Narrative Identity in Alice Munro's "The Bear Came Over the Mountain"
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Horror Mortis, Structural Trauma, and Postmodern Parody in Saul Bellow's Henderson the Rain King
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Rewriting the Story, Restorying the Self Doris Lessing's Experiments in Life-Writing
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Contributors
Seiten 189 - 192
15. Mai 2016, 192 Seiten
ISBN: 978-3-8394-3439-0
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