Julien Green, Julien Green's Autobiographical Writings

Michael O'Dwyer (Maynooth University)

Ed. by Akane Kawakami, Birkbeck, University of London
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.07: French Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Kate Averis (Universidad de Antioquia), Hugo Azerad (University of Cambridge), Patrick ffrench (King's College London), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Akane Kawakami (Birkbeck, University of London), Siobhán McIlvanney (King's College London), Sinan Richards (King's College London), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1942 - 1992

Places

France (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Non-Fiction
- Autobiography (literary)
- Memoir

Resources

A feature of autobiographical writing in France from the 1930s onwards is its high level of output. A large output of critical works on the genre is also striking. Among the more prominent contributors to the field of criticism are Philippe Lejeune, Jacques Lecarme, Elaine Lecarme-Tabone, Béatrice Didier, Serge Doubrovsky, Bruno Vercier, Pierre-Jean Dufief and Michael Sheringham. These critics study autobiographical writing as a literary genre. This is also the approach of Michel Contat, but from a different angle. Contat is associated with genetic criticism, which studies the evolution of the preparation of the text and the various metamorphoses which it has undergone. The emphasis is on the acquisition of knowledge of the text v…

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Citation: O'Dwyer, Michael. "Julien Green's Autobiographical Writings". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 15 October 2021 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=40667, accessed 24 November 2024.]

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