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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 depart from two notions: the concept of "narrative identity" developed by Paul Ricoeur, based on the idea t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bielefeld :
Transcript,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Aging studies ;
v. 9. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 depart from two notions: the concept of "narrative identity" developed by Paul Ricoeur, based on the idea that fiction makes life, and his definition of "trace" as the mark of time. By investigating the traces imprinted in a series of literary works they dismantle the narrative of old age as decline and foreclosure to make it unusable and assemble one of transformation and growth. |
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| Notas: | Haunted by a Traumatic Past. Age, Memory, and Narrative Identity in Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin "The whole aspect of age is full of possibilities!" Traces of Ageing, Memory, and Sexuality in Daphne du Maurier's "Don't Look Now." |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (193 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783839434390 3839434394 3837634396 9783837634396 |