The Liminality of Autofiction: Deep and Dark Play in the Search for the Writing Self
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Bell, Natasha. 2024. The Liminality of Autofiction: Deep and Dark Play in the Search for the Writing Self. Doctoral thesis, Goldsmiths, University of London [Thesis]
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This is a work of practice-led research examining autofiction as a charged middle-ground with the potential to offer more expansive access to the writing self than either memoir or fiction.
The creative work comprises a metafictional and metaleptic novel about an author called Tasha writing about another author called Harry, who is herself writing about a character called Natalie. Through an examination of the relationships between these three characters, the work hopes to raise questions about the purpose, ethics, and limits of writing about the self.
The accompanying critical commentary examines the question of why writers write autofiction, positing its liminality and self-referentiality as particularly fertile grounds for the examination not just of the self, but specifically the writing self. It asks whether autofiction can be used (by both readers and writers) to access psychological and emotional truths that cannot be found in either memoirs or novels. This question has been personally pressing in terms of my own practice, but is also potentially key to understanding the current popularity and critical reception of English-language autofictions, especially by female authors.
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Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Keywords: |
reative Writing; Practice-led; Autofiction; Life Writing; Ethics; Implied Author; Author function; Rachel Cusk; Meena Kandasamy; Michelle Tea; Double; Self; Play; Performance; Winnicott |
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| Date: |
31 July 2024 |
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37491 |
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21 Aug 2024 13:43 |
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21 Aug 2024 13:50 |
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